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Chapter 17 Review

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

Rebuilding the state government

b)

Developing battle plans for the Union Army

c)

Leading Union troops stationed in Tennessee

d)

Supplying troops in Tennessee with weapons

2.

Why was Johnson impeached?

a)

He tried to overturn black codes in Southern states.

b)

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

c)

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

d)

Supported strict requirements for Southern states readmission to the Union

3.

What is a Scalawag?

a)

a Southern white Republican who opposed succession

b)

a Northern white Republican who moved to the South

c)

newly-freed African Americans who moved north to find jobs

d)

someone who opposed the ratification of the 14th Amendment

4.

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

a)

Blanche K. Bruce

b)

Pinckney Pinchback

c)

Benjamin S. Turner

d)

Hiram Rhodes Revels

5.

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

a)

because schools were expensive

b)

because most schools were far away

c)

because it decreased the family's income

d)

because it was dangerous to go to school

6.

What is sharecropping?

a)

raising crops for a landowner for part of the profit

b)

receiving a grant of forty acres of farmland and a mule

c)

growing crops on land shared by families and splitting the harvest

d)

dividing one’s time between raising crops and attending schools

7.

What did the Enforcement Acts of 1870 and 1871 do?

a)

They placed Southern states under military rule.

b)

They granted African Americans the right to vote.

c)

They granted citizenship to any American born person.

d)

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

8.

What did the 15th Amendment prohibit?

a)

voting restrictions based on race or color

b)

voting restrictions on former Confederates

c)

white hate groups such as the Ku Klux Klan

d)

poll taxes and other voter suppression tactics

9.

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

a)

It was a time of expansion and political unity.

b)

It was a time of reconciliation and compromise.

c)

It was a time of scandal and economic turmoil.

d)

It was a time of peace and economic prosperity.

10.

What brought about an end to Reconstruction?

a)

U.S. v. Reese

b)

the Panic of 1873

c)

U.S. v. Cruikshank

d)

the Compromise of 1877

11.

Why was Andrew Johnson pro-Union?

a)

He passionately opposed slavery.

b)

He disliked wealthy Southern planters.

c)

He was from a Northern, pro-Union state.

d)

He was a great admirer of Abraham Lincoln.

12.

What was "Presidential Reconstruction"?

a)

President Johnson's decision to oversee Reconstruction himself.

b)

restoration of government buildings damaged in the war

c)

changes made to the office of the president after the war

d)

President Johnson's requirement that states ratify the 13th amendment

13.

What did the Freedmen's Bureau do?

a)

give land the freedmen

b)

register freedmen to vote

c)

find employment for freedmen

d)

provide food and clothing to freedmen

14.

What were the black codes?

a)

laws passed to protect newly freed African Americans in the South

b)

laws passed to limit the rights of African Americans in the South

c)

Southern laws attempting to limit the influx of people from the North

d)

Northern laws attempting to prevent African Americans from voting

15.

Why was Tennessee not place under military rule during Radical Reconstruction?

a)

because TN had few freedmen

b)

because Johnson prevented it

c)

because it had been readmitted to the Union

d)

because there were not enough troops

16.

What did the Tenure of Office Act seek to prevent?

a)

the president from running for a third term in office

b)

elected or appointed officials from resigning before their terms ended

c)

states from creating new constitutions until they were under military rule

d)

the president from removing government officials without Senate approval

17.

Which African American politician served as lieutenant governor and acting governor of Louisiana under Reconstruction?

a)

Blanche K. Bruce

b)

Robert C De Large

c)

Pinckney Pinchblack

d)

Hiram Rhodes Revels

18.

How many African Americans served as delegates to state constitutional conventions during Reconstruction?

a)

22

b)

265

c)

600

d)

1000

19.

Why was it difficult for sharecroppers to make a profit from their work?

a)

The received low wages

b)

There was a lot of competition for work

c)

The price for the crops they grew was very low

d)

They had to rent or buy supplies on credit with high interest rates.

20.

Who issued Special Field Order No. 15 in 1865?

a)

the Freedmen's Bureau

b)

President Andrew Johnson

c)

General Oliver Otis Howard

d)

General William T. Sherman

21.

In which state was the Ku Klux Klan established?

a)

Louisiana

b)

Tennessee

c)

Mississippi

d)

South Carolina

22.

How did the Ku Klux Klan damage the Republican Party in the South?

a)

Their terror tactics stopped African Americans from voting

b)

Their terror tactics made the Republicans seem ineffective

c)

Their terror tactics caused more African Americans to run for office

d)

Their support for the Enforcement Acts drove people to the Democratic Party

23.

Who was the Democratic nominee for president during the election of 1868?

a)

Schuyler Colfax

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

Horatio Seymour

24.

Who were the Copperheads?

a)

Republicans who opposed Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Republicans who supported Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Democrats who opposed rights for African Americans

d)

Democrats who supported rights for African Americans

25.

What is a poll tax?

a)

a fee paid in exchange for a ballot

b)

a fee paid in order to register to vote

c)

a fee paid to workers who supervise voting

d)

a fee paid by candidates to get on the ballot

26.

What was Horace Greeley's primary campaign promise during the election of 1872?

a)

to end Reconstruction

b)

to improve the economy

c)

to restrict African American's rights

d)

to decrease the power of the federal government

27.

What contributed to the panic of 1873?

a)

the end of Reconstruction

b)

corruption in Grant's Cabinet

c)

the failure of railroads and banks

d)

the reelection of Ulysses S. Grant.