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When discussing what to do w/ the former confederate states, president Johnson:
a. preferred the tern reconstruction rather than restoration.
b. preferred the term restoration rather than reconstruction.
c. Never made his opinion known to congress.
d. Preferred to let Confress decide their fate.
e. Would often fly into drunken rage. |
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| B. Preferred the term restoration rather than reconstruction |
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The radical Republican understood that essentail to maintaining republican control of the federal government was:
a. A quick restoration of the Union.
b. Continued military occupation of the South.
c. Close cooperation with President Johnson.
d. Pardons for ex-Confederates.
e. The right of ex-slaves to vote. |
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| e. The right of ex-slaves to vote. |
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Which of the following contributed to a weakening of Republican control in the South?
a. Electoral Fraud
b. White Surpemecist Violence
c. the Panic of 1873
d. The growing weaknesses of the Grant administration
e. All of the above |
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The New South Gospel emphasized all of the following EXCEPT:
a. Industrialization
b. Sectional peace
c. Women's rights
d. Racial harmony
e. Better Education
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The postwar South suffered from an acute shortage of:
a. Capital
b. Labor
c. Cotton
d. Domestic help
e. Water |
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Bourbons:
a. Were the leaders of the Republican party in the South after Reconstruction
b. Opposed the growth of undustry and business in the New South
c. Often favored convict leasing
d. Generall honored state debts incurred during Reconstruction
e. Were an influetial family in Kentucky who were determined to maintain the stuatus quo of the Old South |
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| C. Often favored convict leasing |
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In the case of Plessy vs. Ferguson, the Supreme Court:
a. ruled that a federal civil rights act could not extend to an individual action.
b. Decided that segregation on railroad cars was illegal uner the 14th amendment.
c. Uphelp a Louisiana segregation law.
d. Ruled that the 14th amendment guarantee of "equal protection of the laws" applied to private businesses.
e. caused Booker T. Washington to change his views about accomidation |
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| C. Upheld a Louisiana segregation law |
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The greatest growth of the Knights of Labor took place:
a. in 1875, when the federal governemtn outlawed the use of violence against union members.
b. in the mid-1880's, when the union had several successful strikes against the R.R.
c. Under the leadership of Uriah S. Stephens.
d. as a result of the Great R.R. Strik of 1877
e. after the Wobblies split the NLU |
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| b. in the mid 1880's whne the union has several successful strikes against the R.R. |
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