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History Ch 16 Test
American republic ch 16 test review 8th grade
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was designed to keep freed slaves in subjection and prevent them from exercising their political rights? | Black Codes |
| What granted citizenship to blacks? | 14th Amendment |
| What was an offer of a group pardon to Southerners? | Amnesty |
| What kept states from denying blacks the right to vote? | Fifteenth Amendment |
| What abolished slavery? | Thirteenth Amendment |
| Who won the disputed election of 1876? | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| Who refused to leave office as secretary of state? | Edwin Stanton |
| Who was the leader of Radical Republicans in the House? | Thaddeus Stevens |
| Who was impeached in 1868? | Johnson |
| Who negotiated the treaty to buy "Frigidia"? | William Seward |
| What agricultural economic system developed in the South after the Civil War? | Tenure of Office Act |
| What 12 year period is usually considered to be the years of Reconstruction? | 1865-1877 |
| What secret organization arose in the South to frighten blacks and discourage them from voting after the Civil war? | Ku Klux Klan (KKK) |
| Who was Johnson's secretary of state? | William Seward |
| What term was used for former slaves following the Civil War? | Freedmen |
| What European country violated the Monroe Doctrine during the Civil War? | France |
| What federal relief agency was established to help the freed slaves in the South? | The Freedmen's Bureau |
| What term was applied to white Southerners who supported Radical Reconstruction? | Scalawag |
| What term was applied to Northerners who came to the south to assist in Reconstruction? | Carpet-baggers |
| During Reconstruction most Democrats opposing Radical Reconstruction would have agreed that the congressmen elected from the Southern stated according to Johnson's Reconstruction plan (should or should not be) allowed to take their seats in Congress? | Should be allowed |
| What were Andrew JOhnson's achievements in foreign affairs? | treaty with China and Russia, purchasing Alaska removing European rule in Mexico |
| How was Bourbon Reconstruction characterized? | They believed that peace in the south would be better for business country sick of scandal & controversy return of Southern democrats power |
| What did the Radical Republicans object to? | The 10% plan extension executive powers during civil war treatment south |
| Who won the Presidential election of 1868? | Ulysses S. Grant |
| What all did the 14th Amendment do? | Citizens representation by population. banned south from voting. prevented from assuming southern debt. Eliminate 3/5 compromise. |
| Why was the presidential election of 1876 unusual? | The loser had won popular votes selected by specific electoral commission |
| What law established military rule in the South? | Reconstruction of 1867 |
| When the Civil War ended, the South was left to suffer which problems? | lack of money in adequate labor force |
| Who administration was marked by the most political corruption? | The Grant Administration |