WorksheetsUSH Final Exam Review
Total questions: 85
Worksheet time: 43mins
Which statement best describes the early French presence in North America?
French settlers founded the settlement of St. Augustine in Florida.
French trappers and missionaries lived among Native Americans and treated them with respect.
The French raised tobacco and sugarcane on large farms called plantations.
French settlement in North America advanced more rapidly than Spanish settlement.
Select each reason why the Spanish conquistadors were able to gain control over the Aztec and Inca Empires and their wealth.
The Spanish had weapons that the Aztec and Inca had never seen, as well as horses and large dogs.
The Inca and Aztec Empires had been growing weak for many years.
Native American leaders were not familiar with war.
The Native Americans did not have immunity from diseases that the Spanish carried.
Some Native Americans did not like their rulers and helped to overthrow them.
What was a result of King Philip’s War for the region’s Native Americans?
They received a large land grant.
They signed a treaty giving up their land.
They lost their power in New England.
They were able to slow down colonial settlement.
What were the two main reasons that colonists came to America from England and the Netherlands?
To convert Native Americans to Christianity and establish centers of trade.
To make profits from trade and find religious freedom.
To find fertile land to farm and establish a democratic government.
To force Spain to give up its colonies and establish ties with France.
Why were the colonies of Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire created?
Because of the intolerance of the Puritans in Massachusetts.
To replace the failed colony of Roanoke.
To escape religious persecution in England.
To fulfill the Charter of Privileges.
True or False: Middle colonies such as New York and New Jersey had very culturally diverse populations, composed of many different ethnic groups and religions.
True
False
Which of the following terms is used for the second leg of the route known as the triangular trade, which carried enslaved Africans to the Americas?
Slave Codes
Slave Passage
Middle Passage
African Passage
“Wanted – To go to Maryland, a blacksmith, young man unmarried, able to use a plow, axes, and to keep a horse. Will bind for five years and will meet with suitable encouragement”
Ads like this were common in the early colonies. What would someone who created an ad like this be looking for?
An enslaved African
A patroon
A headright
An indentured servant
Which statement accurately describes the type of agriculture practiced in each of the colonial regions?
New England = plantation, Middle = subsistence, South = large-scale
New England = subsistence, Middle = large-scale, South = plantation
New England = large-scale, Middle = plantation, South = subsistence
New England = subsistence, Middle = plantation, South = large-scale
What did the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies have in common?
Shipbuilding, fishing, and whaling were important industries in all three regions.
In all three regions people were farmers.
Manufacturing was a major industry in all three regions.
Tobacco and rice were principal crops in all three regions.
Benjamin Franklin drew this political cartoon in 1754. What action by the colonists was Franklin promoting with this cartoon?
Having each of the colonies act more independently in matters with other countries.
Joining the Iroquois Confederation against other Native American peoples.
Uniting the colonies to work more closely together against the French.
Uniting the settlers under the leadership of the New England colonies.
“Upon the whole the single question is, whether the Parliament can legally impose duties to be paid by the people of these colonies only, for the sole purpose of raising a revenue, on commodities, which she obliges us to take from her alone, or, in other words, whether the Parliament can legally take money out of our pockets, without our consent.”
Source: Letter from a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies
What does the phrase “impose duties” refer to?
Writs of assistance.
People under the same government.
Actions required by the British king.
Require the payment of taxes created by the British government.
“Upon the whole the single question is, whether the Parliament can legally impose duties to be paid by the people of these colonies only, for the sole purpose of raising a revenue, on commodities, which she obliges us to take from her alone, or, in other words, whether the Parliament can legally take money out of our pockets, without our consent.”
Source: Letter from a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies
Which phrase summarizes the complaint expressed in this letter?
The Proclamation of 1763 takes away the rights of the colonists.
Taxation is unfair without representation.
People can rebel against an unjust government.
Governments should treat citizens equally.
Which title completes the list below?
-Called for the repeal of 13 acts of Parliament.
-Voted to boycott British trade.
-Endorsed the Suffolk Resolves.
Actions taken by the Second Continental Congress
Actions taken by the Declaration of Independence Committee
Actions taken by the First Continental Congress
Actions taken by the Committees of Correspondence
Why did Britain issue the Proclamation of 1763?
To prevent the colonists from moving West.
To punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party.
To repeal the Coercive Acts.
To tax the colonists.
Which statement completes the following list about the terms of the 1783 Treaty of Paris?
-Recognize the United States as an independent nation
-Withdraw all British troops from American territory
- ????
Allow the colony of Saint Domingue to become independent.
Force Loyalists to move to Britain.
Provide fishing rights to Americans in waters off the coast of Canada.
Pay American merchants what they were owed.
Which list of events is in the correct sequence?
Stamp Act, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, Battle of Bunker Hill
Creation of Continental Army, Sugar Act, Second Continental Congress, Declaration of Independence
Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts, Declaration of Independence, Olive Branch Petition
First Continental Congress, Boston Massacre, Coercive Acts, Declaration of Independence
What was the purpose of the Olive Branch Petition?
To get approval for the Declaration of Independence.
To boycott British goods.
To spread political ideas throughout the colonies.
To avoid war with Britain.
Which body was formed as a government for the colonies?
Second Continental Congress
Sons of Liberty
Continental Army
Committees of Correspondence
What was an important advantage held by the Patriots in the conflict?
The Native Americans were their allies.
They had a stronger navy.
They were fighting on their own land.
They were better trained.
Why was it difficult for the Continental Congress to get soldiers and raise money for the war effort?
Americans were fearful of a strong national government and unwilling to give the Congress much power.
The population of the colonies was too small.
Britain still controlled most of the finances within individual colonies.
Most colonists were Loyalists.
What military tactic did the Americans use to defeat the British in the South?
Fighting only large battles for major cities.
Using Native Americans to attack British forces.
A hit-and-run style of warfare.
Capturing Loyalists to prevent them from fighting for the British.
What was the purpose of the Northwest Ordinance?
To discourage settlement on Native American lands north of the Ohio River.
To purchase land from Native Americans to use for settlement.
To raise money from the sale of land to pay back the British.
To organize settlement in the West and allow for the addition of new states.
“The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of the consent of the people. The streams of national power ought to flow immediately from that pure, original fountain of all legitimate authority.”
Source: Alexander Hamilton’s Federalist Papers
Based on this statement, what type of government does Hamilton favor?
Federalism
A republic
Strong executive branch
Strong state governments
“The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of the consent of the people. The streams of national power ought to flow immediately from that pure, original fountain of all legitimate authority.”
Source: Alexander Hamilton’s Federalist Papers
In the excerpt, what is Hamilton referring to when he describes a “pure, original fountain”?
The United States.
The national government.
The Articles of Confederation.
The people being governed.
Under the Articles of Confederation, states were asked to create their own constitutions. Why did most states limit the power of their governors and divide the legislatures into two bodies?
British rule made them weary of giving one group too much power.
They wanted representation to be based on population.
Leaders wanted to keep one branch from dominating the other.
States wanted to pattern their governments after the national government.
What was one weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
The national government could not conduct foreign affairs.
The national government could force states to supply troops to the national army.
The national government could not impose taxes/handle the nation’s finances.
State governments could issue currency.
What compromise did Congress reach in establishing a court system?
The Supreme Court would decide on federal government issues, the state courts would decide on Constitutional issues.
Federal and state courts would share the same power.
States kept their own laws and courts, but federal courts could reverse state decisions.
State courts had less power, but the Supreme Court could overrule the decisions made by federal courts.
Which statement describes President Washington’s foreign policy?
“For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.”
“Give me liberty or give me death!”
“Observe good faith and justice toward all nations…It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances.”
“Congress shall not make or declare war, or authorize acts of hostility against any foreign nation, without the concurrence of two-thirds of both Houses…”
“We have struggled for liberty and made costly sacrifices at her shrine: and there are still many among us who revere her name (value liberty) too much to relinquish (beyond a certain medium) the rights of man for the Dignity of Government.”
Source: Mercy Otis Warren
What statement is best supported by this quote?
Some powers of government should be reserved for the states.
Government is based on a contract between the people and the ruler.
A bill of rights should be added to the Constitution to protect individual liberties.
The nation will be in a state of disorder without a strong central government.
What action taken by President Washington would have been supported by the Federalists but not the Democratic-Republicans?
The creation of the National Bank.
The Proclamation of Neutrality.
The passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts.
The formation of a cabinet.
Which characteristics best describe the beliefs of the Democratic-Republican Party?
Strong federal government; state banks; protective tariffs
Loose interpretation of the Constitution; free trade; National Bank
Rule by the people; strict interpretation of the Constitution; strong state governments
State banks; rule by the wealthy class; protective tariffs
In the election of 1800, the vote in the Electoral College ended in a tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, the Republican candidates for president and vice-president, respectively. What was the major reason for this problem?
Members of the Electoral College voted for one person, but that person was not required to win by a majority of votes, only by the most votes.
Members of the Electoral College voted for two people, but they were not required to say which should be president and which should be vice president.
Members of the Electoral College voted for two people, but they did not have to specify the political party of the candidates on their ballots, ending in a tie between two Republican candidates.
Members of the Electoral College were not required to follow the wishes of the voters in their home states, leading to some electors to repeatedly switch their votes.
“With all these blessings, what more is necessary to make us a happy and a prosperous people? Still one thing more, fellow-citizens – a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government.”
Source: Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address
Which statement describes Jefferson’s views about the proper role of the federal government?
Jefferson believed that a wise and strong central government with the ability to use implied powers when needed was necessary to keep people safe.
Jefferson believed that the federal government should use its powers to regulate the economy but otherwise leave people free to follow their own pursuits.
Jefferson believed that the federal government should play a limited role to keep people safe but otherwise leave them free to follow their own pursuits.
Jefferson believed that the federal government should be frugal and stay out of debt and that taxes on those who worked were necessary to meet that goal.
Which of the following was a key principle of judicial review established by Marbury v. Madison?
Laws passed by Congress must be carried out.
The judicial branch can declare laws unconstitutional.
State law must be followed when there is a conflict with any other law.
The Supreme Court has jurisdiction in matters of federal law, not state law.
Which event played a direct role in the United States’ acquisition of the Louisiana Territory?
Toussaint L’Ouverture’s revolution in Saint Domingue.
Napoleon’s refusal to sell New Orleans and West Florida to the United States.
Tecumseh’s formation of a Native American confederacy.
The capture of the US warship Philadelphia by pirates in Tripoli.
Which of the following conclusions is supported by the information in this graph?
Imports dropped during the War of 1812 but exports remained steady.
Both imports and exports reached their lowest levels after the Embargo Act and during the War of 1812.
When the Embargo Act was passed, the balance of trade was the highest it had been since 1800.
Imports and exports declined after the passage of the Embargo Act but returned to peak levels after the passage of the Nonintercourse Act.
“We consider a neutral flag, on the high seas, as a safeguard to those sailing under it. Great Britain, on the contrary, asserts a right to search for, and seize, her own subjects; and under that cover, as cannot happen, are often seized and taken off, citizens of the United States and citizens or subjects of other neutral countries, navigating the high seas, under the protection of the American flag.”
Source: President James Madison to James Monroe
What is the cause of the War of 1812 according to President Madison?
The practice of enforcing a naval blockade.
The practice of impressment.
The practice of enforcing an embargo.
The practice of demanding tribute from neutral ships.
After the War of 1812, the War Hawks took over leadership of the Republican Party, ushering in the Era of Good Feelings. Which positions did the War Hawks favor?
New taxes, a balanced budget, outlawing slavery in the West.
Trade, peace treaties with Native Americans, restoring diplomatic ties with Britain.
Economic regulations, budget cuts, a strong army and navy.
Trade, westward expansion, a strong army and navy.
Why was the National Road built?
To connect cities on the Mississippi River.
To create a Southern highway from the East to the West.
To connect Ohio and other states to the East.
To connect New York City to the Great Lakes region.
What important balance did the Missouri Compromise maintain?
The equal populations of the North and South.
The equal balance of trade between the North and South.
The number of free states and slave states.
The number of enslaved persons and free people.
What was the purpose of the Monroe Doctrine?
To limit European involvement in the Americas.
To free Mexico and Florida from Spanish rule.
To create a tariff to protect American businesses.
To establish the boundaries of Florida.
Florida applied for statehood in 1839, but it was not admitted to the Union until 1845. Why was Florida’s admission to the Union delayed?
Florida had not yet written and approved a state constitution.
Florida’s population was not yet large enough to qualify for statehood.
Florida would enter the Union as a slave state, and this would upset the balance between free and slave states.
Florida had to wait until the war with Mexico was over before Congress could take action.
1. Mexican officials issued the Law of April 6, 1830 as tensions rose between American settlers in Texas and the Mexican government. Article 11 of the law, which appears in this excerpt, infuriated the Americans, who soon began to make plans to revolt.
“Art. 11. In accordance with the right reserved by the general congress in the seventh article of the Law of August 18, 1824, it is prohibited that emigrants from nations bordering on this Republic shall settle in the states or territory adjacent to their own nation. Consequently, all contracts not already completed and not in harmony with this law are suspended.”
Which choice describes the provisions of Article 11?
It prohibited Mexicans from immigrating to the United States.
It prohibited Mexicans from immigrating to Texas.
It prohibited Americans from leaving Texas.
It prohibited Americans from immigrating to Texas.
What choice lists events surrounding Texas annexation in the correct chronological order?
Texans seek annexation to the United States but are refused by Jackson.
Texas becomes a state during Polk’s presidency.
Texans declare independence from Mexico.
Texas becomes a Republic.
Texans seek annexation to the United States but are refused by Jackson.
Texans declare independence from Mexico.
Texas becomes a Republic.
Texas becomes a state during Polk’s presidency.
Texans declare independence from Mexico.
Texas becomes a Republic.
Texans seek annexation to the United States but are refused by Jackson.
Texas becomes a state during Polk’s presidency.
Texas becomes a Republic.
Texans seek annexation to the United States but are refused by Jackson.
Texans declare independence from Mexico.
Texas becomes a state during Polk’s presidency.
“In the meantime we have tried every effort at reconciliation. The cup of forbearance had been exhausted even before the recent information from the frontier of the Del Norte. But now, after reiterated menaces, Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory and shed American blood upon the American soil. She has proclaimed that hostilities have commenced, and that the two nations are now at war.”
Source – President James K. Polk, May 11, 1846
What event is Polk referring to in his speech?
Skirmish in the disputed area of the Texas-Mexico border.
Attack in California during the Bear Flag Revolt.
Whitman massacre.
Battle of the Alamo.
Which of the following was a provision of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?
Mexico conceded all rights to Florida and the Oregon Territory.
Mexico gave the United States more than 500,000 square miles of territory.
Mexico paid the United States $15M and $3.25M in debts owed.
Mexico accepted the Nueces River as its border with Texas.
Which statement correctly describes the California Gold Rush?
Most forty-niners were Americans, but some were immigrants from Mexico, Europe, and China.
Vigilante justice in most boomtowns was quickly replaced by territorial police forces.
In the early years of the Gold Rush, most forty-niners struck gold and made huge fortunes.
Most boomtowns collapsed as quickly as they grew because boomtown merchants could not make a profit.
Why did the slavery issue become linked with Manifest Destiny and western expansion?
Southern leaders worried that most new states would be free states because the climate and terrain in the West was not suited for plantation agriculture.
Enslaved people who escaped often fled to the West, where they were protected by territorial law.
Most people in the western territories thought that slavery was morally wrong and refused to allow it.
Admitting new states could upset the balance in Congress between free and slave states.
This political cartoon portrays Lewis Cass, the Democratic candidate for president in the election of 1848.
What can you infer from the cartoon about Cass’s views concerning Manifest Destiny?
Cass would use military might to continue western expansion.
Cass opposed the Adams-Onis Treaty and would fight Mexico for more concessions.
Cass would use military might to end slavery.
Cass opposed Manifest Destiny because it would lead to war.
There are three phases of industrialization.
Phase 1: Workers specialize
Phase 2: Owners built factories so that all work is done under one roof
Phase 3: ???
Machines do much of the work once done by people.
Materials to build factories are imported.
Business owners sell their products.
Goods are shipped to markets.
Which invention completes the diagram?
Inventions that led to settlement of the Great Plains:
-thresher
-Mechanical reaper
-????
Power loom
Steamboat
Steel plow
Cotton gin
Why did some people want to form labor unions?
To increase productivity.
To create more jobs.
To open the workplace to more immigrants.
To improve working conditions.
Why was the Know-Nothing Party created?
To fight for child labor laws.
To fight for stricter citizenship laws.
To improve working conditions.
To represent the interests of immigrants.
What was the main purpose of the slave codes?
To provide a list of punishments for enslaved people who tried to escape.
To prevent people from importing enslaved people from other countries.
To establish rules for buying enslaved African Americans.
To prevent enslaved people from rebelling.
What was one reason that industry in the South was not as developed as in the North?
The South had fewer natural resources.
The market for factory-made goods in the South was smaller.
The South had more cities than the North.
People did not have access to the new inventions developed in the North.
What was the name of the 1852 novel that portrayed the cruelty of slavery and had a major impact on public opinion?
North Star
American Slavery As It Is
The Liberator
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
“I determined, at every hazard, to lift up the standard of emancipation in the eyes of the nation, within sight of Bunker Hill and in the birthplace of liberty. That standard is now unfurled; and long may it float, unhurt by the spoliations of time or the missiles of a desperate foe – yea, till every chain be broken, and every bondman set free! Let southern oppressors tremble – let their secret abettors tremble – let their northern apologists tremble – let all the enemies of the persecuted blacks tremble.”
Source – The Liberator, William Lloyd Garrison
What groups of people was Garrison warning about the strength of his convictions?
Northerners who supported slavery and politicians who were against slavery.
Southern slave owners and northerners who supported slavery.
Northern slave owners and politicians who supported slavery.
Southern slaves and norther slave owners.
1. Which title can be ascribed to the following individuals?
Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Samuel Cornish, Sojourner Truth, David Walker, John Russwurm
Individuals on the Underground Railroad
The American Colonization Society
African American Abolitionists
Early Abolitionists
Why did some participants at the Seneca Falls Convention (first women’s rights convention) question the inclusion of the demand for women’s suffrage in the Declaration of Sentiments?
It was too ambitious.
It was unnecessary.
It was too radical.
It was unwanted.
Which concept in women’s rights was not requested in the Declaration of Sentiments?
Freedom to work in a wide array of professions.
The right to travel freely and openly.
Freedom to participate in higher education.
The right to vote and hold public office.
Which of these is NOT part of the Compromise of 1850?
A stricter Fugitive Slave Act.
California became a free state.
Popular sovereignty would be used to determine the free/slave status in Utah and New Mexico.
Slavery would be banned North of the Missouri Compromise Line.
Abolition of the slave trade in Washington, DC.
Which statement best describes popular sovereignty?
Constitutions are written to determine the powers and duties of governments.
A nation’s power must be divided between state and national governments.
A state has the authority to govern itself or another state.
Government is created by and subject to the will of the people.
Several events led to “Bleeding Kansas”:
??? >>>> Pro- and anti-slavery groups rush to Kansas >>>> Missouri pro-slavery voters vote in Kansas >>>> “Bleeding Kansas”
What event is missing from this timeline?
Missouri Compromise adopted
Presidential election of 1860
Kansas-Nebraska Act passed
Wilmot Proviso adopted
Why was the Republican Party created?
Democratic Party members disagreed on the issue of slavery
The Free-Soil Party focused only on immigration
The Southern Democrats wanted to form their own party
The American Party and Whig party merged
As a result of the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision, which of the following would have been considered unconstitutional?
The Fugitive Slave Act.
The Compromise of 1850.
A Congressional ban on slavery.
The practice of abolitionism.
How did Douglas and Lincoln disagree over the issue of slavery?
Douglas supported Northern abolitionists.
Lincoln thought all the people who lived in the United States should be equal.
Douglas believed in popular sovereignty.
Lincoln thought each state should decide if it wanted slavery.
What was one reason the Confederate States said they were justified in seceding from the Union?
States’ rights
Sectionalism
Missouri Compromise
Popular sovereignty
How did the Confederate States refer to the Constitution when they voted to secede?
They said the Fifth Amendment protected their rights as slaveholders.
They said that state constitutions overrode the powers outlined in the US Constitution.
They said that it granted states the right to overthrow the national government if it did not meet their needs.
They said it was a contract between the federal and state governments that had been broken.
Which two events are out of order below?
1- President Franklin Pierce elected
2- Kansas-Nebraska Act
3- Dred Scott Decision
4- Fort Sumter fired on
5- South Carolina secedes
4 and 5
3 and 4
2 and 3
1 and 2
Why were the border states of Kentucky and Missouri important to both the North and the South?
Control of these states would split the enemy’s territory into separate, hard-to-defend areas.
Control of these states would increase manufacturing capabilities for one side.
Control of these states would afford control of major rivers for transportation.
Control of these states would provide significantly more recruits to one side.
One strategy of the Union was the Anaconda Plan, which would close Southern ports to prevent imports and supplies. What was another Union strategy?
Allow the Confederates to attack the North and defeat them on home territory
Capture Richmond, the Confederate capital.
Ignore the Mississippi River and the Western territories.
Make Florida a main objective.
What effect did the First Battle of Bull Run (first battle of the Civil War) have on the Union’s outlook on the Civil War?
The victory energized Lincoln and the Union leaders, bringing about a quick end to the hostilities.
The defeat shocked Lincoln and the Union leaders, forcing them to make major changes in recruitment and strategy.
The victory made Lincoln and the Union leaders overconfident, so they underestimated the strength of the South for the next several battles.
The defeat demoralized Lincoln and the Union leaders, causing them to lose many more battles in the coming months.
“Plainly, the central idea of secession is the essence of anarchy. A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments, is the only true sovereign of a free people. Whoever rejects it does of necessity fly to anarchy or despotism. Unanimity is impossible. The rule of a minority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible; so that, rejecting the majority principle, anarchy or despotism in some form is all that is left.”
Source – First Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln
Based on the excerpt, why did Lincoln believe secession violated the Constitution?
The Constitution called for the majority to change the government if they wished but did not give that right to the minority.
The Constitution called for majority rule and a minority of people tried to impose their will on the whole country.
The Constitution called for the majority to follow checks and balances but did not allow the minority to do so.
The Constitution called for the majority to agree, but a minority of people would not change their minds.
Why did Lincoln suspend the right of habeas corpus (right to trial) during the war?
He wanted to prevent Peace Democrats from gaining too much power.
He wanted to jail protestors because some might have been disloyal to the Union.
He wanted to silence protests so people would believe the Union was winning.
He wanted to exempt rich families from the new, mandatory draft.
Why was Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan called the Ten Percent Plan?
It required 10% of a state’s voters to take an oath of loyalty to the Union before the state could form a new government.
It required 10% of a state’s population to swear they had never fought against the Union before the state could form a new government.
It required 10% of a state’s banks to reopen before the state could form a new government.
It required 10% of the delegates to a state’s constitutional convention to swear an oath of loyalty to the Union before the state could form a new government.
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 gave the federal government the ability to get involved in state affairs to protect the citizenship rights of African Americans. Why did Johnson veto this act?
He said the act did not go far enough in guaranteeing voting rights to African Americans.
He said the act was not needed because the 14th Amendment already guaranteed civil rights for African Americans.
He said the act was unconstitutional because it had been passed by a Congress that did not include representatives from all the states.
He opposed the provision in the act allowing the Freedmen’s Bureaus to set up courts to try people who violated the rights of African Americans.
Which amendment states: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the states wherein they reside.”
15th
14th
13th
Why were Florida and nine other Southern states put under military occupation during Radical Reconstruction?
They refused to write new state constitutions.
Their leaders refused to take an oath of loyalty to the Union.
They threatened once again to secede from the Union.
They refused to ratify the 14th Amendment.
During the debate over Reconstruction plans, one leader voiced this opinion: “Southern institutions must be broken up and relaid, or all our blood and treasure and have spent in vain.”
Who most likely expressed this opinion?
A former Confederate leader
Andrew Johnson
A Radical Republican
Abraham Lincoln
Which president was impeached for violating the Tenure of Office Act by firing a cabinet-level official?
Lincoln
Johnson
Grant
Hayes
Which amendment guaranteed the right to vote (suffrage) to any male citizens regardless of “race, color, or previous condition of servitude”?
13th
14th
15th
What was a primary reason white supremacist groups such as the KKK became so widespread towards the end of Reconstruction?
Radical Republicans attempted to confiscate land from Southern Whites and give it to freedmen.
The South resisted Northern attempts to change its culture.
There were still many unresolved questions about the citizenship of African Americans.
Radical Republicans had taken away voting rights from Southern White Democrats.
When did Reconstruction end?
When President Grant won reelection.
When President Johnson was impeached.
When military troops left the South.
When the 14th Amendment was ratified.
“But no person who was, on January 1, 1866, or at any time prior thereto, entitled to vote under any form of government, or who at that time resided in some foreign nation, and no lineal descendant of such person, shall be denied the right to vote because of his inability to so read and write sections of such constitution.”
This passage from an amendment to Oklahoma’s constitution of 1910 is an example of what type of voting law?
Grandfather clause
Jim Crow law
Literacy test
Poll tax
