APUSH Ch 21 Review

The Black Codes passed in a number of southern states after the Civil War were intended to

• close public schools to the children of former slaves

• promote the return of former slaves to Africa

• enable Black citizens to vote in federal elections

• place limits on the socioeconomic opportunities open to Black people

• further the integration of southern society

The Compromise of 1877 resulted in

• the withdrawal of federal troops from the South

• apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives by state population

• the implementation of the first income tax

• government subsidies for American Indians who agreed to submit to reservation life

• the establishment of stricter regulations on immigration

During Reconstruction, a major economic development in the South was the

• creation of large commercial and banking centers

• spread of sharecropping

• rise of large-scale commercial farming

• decline of the textile industry

• emergence of the cotton economy

“All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” The provision above overturned the

• Dred Scott v. Sandford decision

• Plessy v. Ferguson decision

• Brown v. Board of Education decision

• Marbury v. Madison decision

Which of the following was a result of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments during Reconstruction?

• Many African Americans found manufacturing employment.

• Many White Southerners supported African Americans’ rights.

• African Americans favored the Democratic Party.

• African Americans were able to exercise political rights.

Which of the following best describes the claims to states' rights under the federal system?

• The claims to states’ rights under the federal system

• The domination of state governments by the Republican Party

• The growth of a movement to expand the rights of African Americans

• The political revolts by White Americans against state government authority.

Which of the following statements best summarizes the views of Andrew Johnson on Reconstruction?

• He believed that Reconstruction was an executive branch matter and sought the rapid restoration of the former Confederate states to the Union.

• He supported the idea of the president and Congress sharing power and believed in a stringent plan of Reconstruction.

• He believed that both secession and Reconstruction should be dealt with by the Supreme Court

• He slowly moved to a Radical Republican position on Reconstruction and supported increased rights for African Americans.

• He refused to take a position on Reconstruction, prompting Republicans to impeach him for his irresponsibility.

Which of the following best describes the situation of freedom in the decade following the Civil War?

• Each was given 40 acres of land and a mule by the Union government.

• All were immediately granted political equality by the Emancipation Proclamation.

• The majority entered sharecropping arrangements with former masters or other nearby planters.

• They were required to pass a literacy test before being granted United States citizenship.

• They supported the passage of Black codes to ensure their economic and political rights.

Why did Congressional Reconstruction end in 1877?

• The freed slaves had been successfully integrated into Southern society.

• The treaty ending the Civil War had set such a time limit.

• Most of the politically active Black people had left the South for Northern cities.

• The Republican and Democratic parties effected a compromise agreement after the 1876 presidential election.

• The United States needed the troops stationed in the South to confront the French in Mexico.

After the Civil War, women reformers and former abolitionists were divided over

• creation of a sharecropping system in the South

• legislation that ensured the voting rights of African American males

• use of military forces to keep order in the South

• reliance on female workers in Northern factories

• redemption of greenback dollars for gold currency