SOC STUD 1091 CU 2

NAME:

The Tenure of Office Act required the President to obtain _________ approval before removing from office Cabinet members of other federals officials.

• Congress
• Supreme Court
• Senate
• Parliament

Who was the Secretary of War whom President Johnson attempted to remove from office for opposing his Reconstruction policies after the Tenure of Office Act was passed?

(a)  

President Andrew Johnson was the first President to be __________ by the House of Representatives and tried by the Senate.

• voted out
• impeached
• impressed
• inducted

Alaska was purchased from __________ for a price of 7.2 million dollars.

• Scotland
• England
• Russia
• France

The purchase price of Alaska was inexpensive compared to the millions of dollars that have since been taken out in gold, _______, and other natural resources.

• silver
• water
• oil
• lumber

The _________ Amendment to the Constitution restated that black males were allowed to vote.

• Thirteent
• Fourteenth
• Fifteenth
• Fourth

The Fifteenth Amendment gave Congress the power to guarantee __________ for every man.

• freedom
• voting rights
• suffering
• suffrage

The first ____________ railroad was completed in Promontory, Utah, on May 10, 1869.

• intercontinental
• intergalactic
• transcontinental
• transnational

President Grant was an efficient military leader, but he lacked discernment in choosing ____________ people to assist him.

• influential
• efficient
• charactered
• chartered