Reconstruction Era of the United States and Law Answer Selected

Question 1
10 out of 10 points

Which of the following is an accurate explanation of the South's "Redeemers"?
Answer

Selected Answer: Gradually, conservative and racist white Democrats regained political control in the former Confederate states.

Question 2
10 out of 10 points

Which of the following was probably not the intention of the framers of the Fourteenth Amendment?
Answer

Selected Answer: to prevent segregation in schools and public places

Question 3
10 out of 10 points

Which of the following is true about Abraham Lincoln's successor, Andrew Johnson?
Answer

Selected Answer: He lacked any concern for the welfare of African Americans.

Question 4
10 out of 10 points

What was the most powerful source of political unity among white conservatives in the South?
Answer

Selected Answer: race

Question 5
10 out of 10 points

Which of the following did the congressional Reconstruction program enacted 1866-1867 NOT provide for?
Answer

Selected Answer: a land reform measure that would grant small tracts of farmland to deserving freedmen

Question 6
10 out of 10 points

The southern response to war's end and Johnson's program of Reconstruction indicated
Answer

Selected Answer: despair and defiance.

Question 7
10 out of 10 points

In the 1872 election, presidential contender Horace Greeley could best be described as a
Answer

Selected Answer: liberal Republican.

Question 8
10 out of 10 points

Why were most teachers in Freedmen's Bureau's schools black in 1969?
Answer

Selected Answer: Volunteers faced Southern white hostility and difficult teaching conditions.

Question 9
10 out of 10 points

In the years after the Civil War, many freedmen ended up working as
Answer

Selected Answer: farmers under a