Give Me Liberty! Ch 15 Mc

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During Reconstruction the black church functioned as a vital setting for

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political mobilization & worship & schooling

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One of the main purposes of the Freedmen's Bureau was to

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ensure a fair and viable system of labor relations between former slaves and former slaveholders

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Which of the following series of events is listed in proper sequence?

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ratification of Thirteenth Amendment- Tenure of Office Act- impeachment of Johnson- election of Grant

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Which of the following was not a widespread activity among newly emancipated blacks?

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moving to the North in search of greater freedom and opportunity

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Who among the following was not a leader of the Radical Republicans?

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Andrew Johnson

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Which of the following was not a central thrust of the Reconstruction amendments to the Constitution?

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redistribution of the former slave owners' land among the freed slaves

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Which of the following was not a major effect of Reconstruction (at its height) upon southern society?

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It inspired a mass exodus of southern blacks to lands that had never known slavery.

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Which of the following was not a major cause of the decline of Reconstruction?

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a deepening of mutual respect between black and white southerners making Reconstruction seem no longer necessary

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What was being reconstructed (constructed again) in Reconstruction?

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the nation

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In the five years following the end of the Civil War former slaves were guaranteed the following in three Amendments to the United States Constitution:

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freedom from slavery-recognition as citizens-the vote for adult black men.

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The phrase-"forty acres and a mule"- derived from

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Sherman's Field Order 15

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Which were central elements in the lives of post-emancipation blacks in the twenty years following the end of the Civil War?

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the family & the church & the school

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In the aftermath of the Civil War- the black church was a powerful influence in the South- what two denominations commanded the largest African-American following?

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Baptist and Methodist

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As meant in the section on the free labor system- define "free labor."

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non-slave labor in a market economy

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Which was not a principal task of the Freedmen's Bureau (1865–1870)?

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support black churches and businesses

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In the summer of 1865 President Andrew Johnson ordered nearly all land in federal hands

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returned to its former owners.

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Sharecropping

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allowed a black family to rent part of a plantation with the crop divided between worker and owner at the end of the year.

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Following the Civil War white and black farmers in the South

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saw the price of cotton fall steadily.

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Upon Lincoln's assassination ____________ became president.

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Andrew Johnson

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In President Andrew Johnson's view African-Americans ought to play what part in Reconstruction?

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none

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The Black Codes were

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laws that sought to regulate the lives of former slaves.

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Black Americans who refused to sign labor contracts to work for whites during Reconstruction

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were often convicted of vagrancy and fined

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Radical Republicans in the Reconstruction Era shared the view that

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the Union victory created a golden opportunity to institutionalize the principal of equal rights for all

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The Reconstruction Act of March 1867

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divided the South into five military districts and called for creation of new state governments

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The House of Representatives approved articles of impeachment against President Andrew Johnson for violation of what law?

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The Tenure of Office Act

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The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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prohibited federal and state governments from denying any citizen the vote because of race.

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"The destruction of slavery led feminists to search for ways to make the promise of free labor real for women." Define "feminists" in this context.

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persons who held a view advocating social

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The Enforcement Acts of 1870 and 1871

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defined crimes that deprived citizens of their civil and political rights as federal offenses

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Which was not true of Liberal Republicans in the post–Civil War era?

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They believed the growth of federal power needed to be expanded.

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In consequence of the "Bargain of 1877" President Rutherford B. Hayes

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ordered federal troops withdrawn from the South.

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In which of the following nations was the institution of slavery replaced by indentured servitude?

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British Guiana