1868 Election Candidates and Issues

1868 Election Candidates and Issues

Assessment

Interactive Video

History

9th - 12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Patricia Brown

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The video covers the 1868 U.S. presidential election, highlighting the political climate post-Civil War, the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, and the nomination of Ulysses S. Grant by the Republicans and Horatio Seymour by the Democrats. It discusses the platforms of both parties, the campaign strategies, and the election outcome, where Grant won due to support for Reconstruction and the African-American vote in the South.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What major event had just concluded before the election of 1868?

The American Revolution

The War of 1812

The Civil War

World War I

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the Republican candidate in the 1868 election?

Horatio Seymour

Abraham Lincoln

Andrew Johnson

Ulysses S. Grant

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was a key issue in the Republican platform during the 1868 election?

Support for black voting rights in the South

Annexation of Canada

Opposition to Reconstruction

Isolationism

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was eventually nominated as the Democratic candidate for the 1868 election?

George Pendleton

Horatio Seymour

Andrew Johnson

Sam Chase

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the Democratic platform's stance on Reconstruction?

Opposition to Reconstruction

Support for Reconstruction

Support for military occupation of the South

Neutral on Reconstruction

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was Ulysses S. Grant's campaign slogan?

A New Deal

Hope and Change

Let Us Have Peace

Make America Great Again

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What negative tactic did the Democrats use against Grant during the campaign?

Accusing him of treason

Claiming he was mentally unstable

Labeling him as the 'n-word'

Saying he was too young

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