Chapter 17 Review

What was Andrew Johnson’s responsibility as Military Governor of Tennessee during the Civil War?

• Rebuilding the state government

• Developing battle plans for the Union Army

• Leading Union troops stationed in Tennessee

• Supplying troops in Tennessee with weapons

Why was Johnson impeached?

• He tried to overturn black codes in Southern states.

• He illegally intervened in Tennessee’s readmission to the Union.

• He violated the Tenure of Office Act by replacing his Secretary of War.

• Supported strict requirements for Southern states readmission to the Union

What is a Scalawag?

• a Southern white Republican who opposed succession

• a Northern white Republican who moved to the South

• newly-freed African Americans who moved north to find jobs

• someone who opposed the ratification of the 14th Amendment

Who was the first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate?

• Blanche K. Bruce

• Pinckney Pinchback

• Benjamin S. Turner

• Hiram Rhodes Revels

Why was sending older children to Freedmen’s Schools a sacrifice for African American families?

• because schools were expensive

• because most schools were far away

• because it decreased the family's income

• because it was dangerous to go to school

What is sharecropping?

• raising crops for a landowner for part of the profit

• receiving a grant of forty acres of farmland and a mule

• growing crops on land shared by families and splitting the harvest

• dividing one’s time between raising crops and attending schools

What did the Enforcement Acts of 1870 and 1871 do?

• They placed Southern states under military rule.

• They granted African Americans the right to vote.

• They granted citizenship to any American born person.

• They made it a crime to interfere with a citizen's right to vote.

What did the 15th Amendment prohibit?

• voting restrictions based on race or color

• voting restrictions on former Confederates

• white hate groups such as the Ku Klux Klan

• poll taxes and other voter suppression tactics

Which statement best describes Ulysses S. Grant’s second term in office?

• It was a time of expansion and political unity.

• It was a time of reconciliation and compromise.

• It was a time of scandal and economic turmoil.

• It was a time of peace and economic prosperity.

What brought about an end to Reconstruction?

• U.S. v. Reese

• the Panic of 1873

• U.S. v. Cruikshank

• the Compromise of 1877