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Hist Ch 15-19
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What amendment extended citizenship rights to freed slaves, and expanded upon prior constitutional definitions of citizenship for all Americans? | 14th amendment |
| What amendment extended the suffrage(right to vote) to african americans? | 15th amendment |
| What amendment abolished slavery everywhere in the US | 13th amendment |
| What amendment provided for direct popular election of U.S. Senators | 17th amendment |
| What amendment prohibited the production and sale of alcohol | 18th amendment |
| What amendment extended the suffrage(right to vote) to women | 19th amendment |
| What amendment authorized Congress to enact a graduated income tax | 16th amendment |
| The Freedmens' Bureau did what | made notable achievements in improving African-American education and health care |
| Sharecropping: | was preferred by African-American to gang labor (because they were less subject to supervision) |
| White farmers in the late nineteenth century South: | included many sharecroppers involved in the crop-lien system |
| The most ambitious, but least successful, of the radical republicans' aims was: | land reform |
| When congress sent Andres Johnson the Civil Rights Bill of 1866, he: | stated that blacks did not deserve the rights to citizenship |
| In March 1867, Congress began Radical Reconstruction by adopting the ___, which created governments and prided for black male suffrage in the south | Reconstruction Act |
| Why was AndrewJohnson acquitted on charges of impeachment? | Johnson's lawyers assured moderate Republicans that he would behave for the rest of his term so several voted to acquit him |
| The creators of the Reconstruction amendments: | assumed that these rights required national power to enforce them |
| During Reconstruction, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: | opposed the 15th amendment because it did not guarantee female suffrage. |
| Black officeholders during Reconstruction: | helped ensure a degree of fairness in treatment of African American citizens |
| Most of those termed "scalawags" during reconstruction had been: | non-slaveholding white farmers from the southern up-country prior to the civil war |
| The Whisky ring scandal took place during the administration of? | Ulysses Grant |
| The bloodiest act of violence during reconstruction took place in _____ in 1873, where armed whites killed hundreds of former slaves, including fifty militia members who had surrendered | Colfax, Louisiana |
| The Enforcement Acts, passed by congress in 1870 and 1871, were designed to: | stop the activities of terrorist groups such as the KKK |
| In 1875, when violence erupted in Mississippi in regards to black voting, the Grant administration: | showed no desire to get involved |
| The Bargain of 1877: | resulted in Hayes agreeing to stop getting the U.S. military involved in state politics |
| In the nineteenth century, pools, trusts, and mergers were: | ways that manufacturers sought to control the marketplace |
| When congress sent Andrew Johnson the civil rights bill of 1866, he: | stated that blacks did not deserve the rights to citizenship |
| In March 1867 congress began Radical Reconstruction by adopting the ______ which created new state governments and provided for male suffrage in the south | Reconstruction Act |
| Why was Andrew Johnson acquitted on charges of impeachment? | Johnson's lawyers assured moderate Republicans that he would behave for the rest of his term. so several voted to acquit him |
| The creators of the Reconstruction amendments: | assumed that these rights required national power to enforce them |
| During Reconstruction, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: | opposed the 15th amendment because it did not guarantee womens suffrage |
| Black office holders during reconstruction: | helped ensure a degree of fairness in treatment of African american citizens |
| Most of those termed Scalawags during reconstruction had been : | non-slaveholding white farmers from the southern up country prior to the civil war |
| What criticism did henry demarest loyd leverage against rockefeller's standard oil in wealth against Commonwealth | standard oil was underming fair competition in the marketplace |
| massive hunting f which animal hurt the Plains Indians? | buffalo |
| The Indian victory at little big horn | only temporarily delayed the advance of white settlement |
| what was the goal of boarding schools for indians | to civilize the indians, making them "American" as whites defined the term |
| The Dawes Act of 1887 | divided tribal lands into parcels of land for indian families |
| Who was William M Tweed | Political boss who, although corrupt, provided important services to New Yorkers |
| The Grange was an organization that: | established cooperatives for storing and marketing farm output |
| the theory of social darwinism argued that: | the theory of evolution applied to humans, thus explaining why some were rich and some were poor |
| The Supreme Court in Lochner v. New York | voided a state law establishing that bakers could work a maximum of sixty hours per week |
| In the late 19th centruy social thinkers such as Edward Bellamy, Henry George, and Laurence Gronlund offered numerous plans for change, primarily because they werre alarmed by a fear of: | class warfare and the growing power of concentrated capital |
| Henry George offered a______ as a solution for the problem of inequality in America | single tax |
| The Social Gospel | called for an equalization of wealth and power |
| The haymaker affair: | was provoked by the 1886 bombing at a Chicago labor rally |
| The 1894 Pullman Srike | collapsed when union leaders were jailed |
| The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 | was the first time race was used to exclude an entire group of people from entering the united States |
| In his Atlanta speech of 1895, Booker T. Washington: | encouraged blacks to adjust to segregation |
| Americans have referred to the 1890s as the "womens era" because | womens economic oppourtunities and roles in ppublic life expanded |