1st Block Unit 3 Missed Qs

What was a significant reason why Radical Republicans opposed President Abraham Lincoln's Reconstruction plan?

• Lincoln's plan granted too many rights to formerly enslaved persons.

• Lincoln's plan demanded payments from the South that would have damaged the South's economy.

• Lincoln's plan postponed the readmission of southern states into the Union for many years.

• Lincoln's plan would have allowed white southerners to quickly return to power.

What was a major result of the Civil War?

• The Judiciary became the dominant branch of the federal government.

• Congress passed an amendment to provide for the direct election of senators.

• The ideas of nullification and secession were defeated.

• States were given the right to secede from the Union.

Which of the following was the primary reason for secession, the Civil War, and eventually the 13th Amendment?

• The annexation of Texas into the Union

• The popularity of the abolitionist movement

• The controversy over slavery as the nation moved west.

• Harriet Beecher Stowe's book, Uncle Tom's Cabin

In the first half of the 1800s, how was the political power of the South threatened?

 (Choose 3 that apply)

• As social ties developed between the North and the West, African Americans in the South began to vote in larger numbers.

• As the population of the North increased, northern states had more representation in the House of   

       Representatives.

•  The North and West regions had a stronger economic relationship because of internal improvements.

•  Growing opposition to slavery in the North increased the importance of Southern representation in the Senate.

• After gaining suffrage, women tended to vote against slavery, which hurt the Southern economy

The above drawing, which appeared in the Tuscaloosa (Alabama) Independent Monitor in 1868, issued a stern warning to

• Carpetbaggers and Scalawags

• Slaves and “undesirable” immigrants

•  Ku Klux Klan members

• Southern Democrats

What were the rulings of the Dred Scott Case?  (Choose 3 that apply)

• Enslaved people were not citizens and had no legal rights.

• Slavery could only be limited only by local courts.

• Enslaved people could not be taken from their owner without due process of law.

• Slavery could not be prohibited in the territories.

• Enslaved people could only sue for freedom only if their owners were violent.

Which of the following statements about John Brown shown above is TRUE?

(Choose 3 that apply)

• He threatened the South by encouraging Northerners to support abolitionism.

• He gained sympathy in the North due to his abolitionist actions.

• He strongly opposed the violence in “Bleeding Kansas.”

• He opposed popular sovereignty with his violence in Kansas.

• He supported the American System and it's attempt to unify abolitionists.

Which statement best explains the trend of Democratic membership in the Senate from 1873 to 1879?

• The Democrats supported many popular reforms after 1873.

• Many Democrats left the party after the Civil War.

• White voters regained control in Southern states.

• Radical Reconstruction gave many Blacks the right to vote.

The Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford  (1857) helped to increase sectional conflict because the decision

• gave full citizenship to all enslaved persons.

• prohibited slavery in lands west of the Mississippi River.

• denied Congress the power to regulate slavery in the territories.

• allowed for the importation of enslaved persons for ten years.

Read the following quote and answer the question.

 "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude...."

 15th Amendment, Section 1, U.S. Constitution, 1870

 Which action did southern states take to keep African Americans from exercising the rights guaranteed in this Amendment?

• Suspending habeas corpus and denying women the right to vote

• Collecting poll taxes and requiring literacy tests

• Establishing religious and property-holding requirements for voting

• Passing Black Codes and establishing segregated schools