What is not one of the provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment?

-grants full citizenship for all races

-prevents states from depriving any person of his rights "without due process of law"

-grants the right to vote to all races

-prevented former Confederate leaders from holding office except with Congressional approval

What was not one of the provisions of the Military Reconstruction Act?

-The South was divided into five military districts.

-Congress selected a military governor for each district.

-Each state had to write a new constitution granting universal male suffrage regardless of race.

-Each state had to pass the Fourteenth Amendment.

What was not one of the functions of the Freedman's Bureau?

-distributing food and clothes to blacks

-building schools for black children

-organizing Radical state governments

-providing an alternative court for freedmen

Which of the following was not one of the positive contributions of Radical governments in the South?

-disfranchisement of Southern whites

-universal male suffrage

-public school systems

-rebuilding of transportation systems

Which of the following scandals was centered in New York City?

-Credit Mobilier Scandal

-"Black Friday" of Fisk and Gould

-Whiskey Ring

-Tammany Hall

What was not a direct consequence of Reconstruction?

-freedom of slaves

-Solid South

-growth of the national government's power

-end of racial prejudice

Yes or No

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated before he could implement his lenient plans for Reconstruction.

Yes or No

The Radicals agreed with Lincoln concerning the number of Southern white males who should take an oath of allegiance.

Yes or No

The Radicals viewed the Southern states as a conquered territory rather than rebellious members of the Union.

Yes or No

Johnson willingly let Congress have its way in Reconstruction.

Yes or No

Congress's Tenure of Office Act was an unconstitutional attack on the powers of the president.

Yes or No

An impeachment means that a political official is removed from office.

Yes or No

President Johnson came one vote short of being removed from office under false charges.

Yes or No

As late as 1868, blacks were disfranchised in many Northern states.

Yes or No

The South tried to defend Black Codes by arguing that blacks were uneducated and could be manipulated easily.

Yes or No

Early in Reconstruction, Radical Republicans gained control of state governments in the South by denying the vote to many former Confederates.

Yes or No

Almost all carpetbaggers and scalawags were hypocrites seeking power and personal riches.

Yes or No

The first black Congressman eventually resigned from the Republican party and called for an end of Reconstruction in the South.

Yes or No

Congress was unable to curb the power of the Ku Klux Klan.

Yes or No

The hardships of Reconstruction forced the South to produce staples, such as wheat and rice, rather than cash crops, such as cotton and tobacco.

Yes or No

Sharecropping created a vicious cycle of debt.

Yes or No

Within one year after the Civil War, all Confederate states were restored to full status in the Union.

Yes or No

Grant was never implicated in any scandals during his administration.

Yes or No

The end of the Civil War caused a severe depression in the North during the last half of the 1860s.

Yes or No

Government interference in the money supply helped to worsen the Panic of '73.

Yes or No

Both parties were accused of voting corruption during the election of 1876.

Yes or No

Under the Compromise of 1877, Hayes became president even though he won fewer popular votes than Tilden.

Yes or No

The Republicans' heavy-handed effort to control the South created a powerful block of voters who would oppose Republicans for almost a century.