Module 6 Quiz

Question 1

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What was the Freedmen’s Bureau?

an act that provided relief to all poor southerners

laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans

laws designed to ensure the freedom of African Americans

codes given to southerners who pledged loyalty to the Union

Question 2

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The ________ were African American units that worked to try to keep peace between the Native Americans and those migrating west in search of land and a new start.

Louisiana Soldiers

Army of Northern Virginia

Buffalo Soldiers

Anaconda Army

Question 3

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Which of the following best describes Lincoln’s plan for reconstruction?

ban slavery and offer the Southerners amnesty in exchange for them pledging loyalty to the United States

ban slavery and have a majority of the adult males in the state swear that they had never supported the Confederacy

punish the Southerners for the rebellion

require that the Southerners pay for the costs of war

Question 4

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Why were the white Democrats that controlled southern state governments free to treat the African Americans in almost any way they chose after 1877?

the southern states seceded for a second time

the last of the Union troops left the South

the last of the Redeemers left the South

all of these answers are correct

Question 5

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Which of the following was a Jim Crow law?

a black male could never offer his hand to shake hands with a white person

restrooms and drinking fountains were separate for each race

all of these answers are correct

black people could not be buried in the same cemetery as white people

Question 6

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What was one of the problems with the sharecropping system?

the land became overused

it often resulted in sharecroppers owing more to the landowner than they were able to repay

it often resulted in sharecroppers earning more than the landowner

all of these answers are correct

Question 7

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The Senate had to vote by ________ of the majority in order to convict President Johnson and remove him from office.

1/3

1/4

1/2

2/3

Question 8

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How did the southern states prevent African American men from voting?

by creating a “grandfather” clause

by creating a poll tax

all of these answers are correct

by creating a literacy requirement

Question 9

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When was the Reconstruction Era?

1920 to 1925

1866 to 1871

1861 to 1865

1865 to 1877

Question 10

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Who assassinated President Lincoln?

Charles J. Guiteau

Lee Harvey Oswald

John Wilkes Booth

Lewis Powell

Question 11

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Who opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and 14th Amendment to the Constitution?

Radical Republicans

All of these groups

Moderate Republicans

President Johnson and the Democrats

Question 12

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Which of the following best describes the Wade-Davis Bill?

require that the Southerners pay for the costs of war

allow slavery but punish the Southerners for the rebellion

ban slavery and offer the Southerners amnesty in exchange for them pledging loyalty to the United States

ban slavery and have a majority of the adult males in the state swear that they had never supported the Confederacy

Question 13

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What were the Black Codes of 1865-1866?

laws designed to ensure the freedom of African Americans

laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans

an act that provided relief to all poor southerners

codes given to southerners who pledged loyalty to the Union

Question 14

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When did the Supreme Court declare sharecropping unconstitutional?

1865

1877

1911

1956

Question 15

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Who became president after Lincoln’s assassination?

George McClellan

Andrew Johnson

Ulysses Grant

Rutherford B. Hayes

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