SOL Quiz 18

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SOL Quiz 18

• Reconstruction II

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1. Which economic institution was sometimes
called "slavery without slaves"? a. the closed
shop b. the factory system c. subsistence
farming d. sharecropping
After the Civil War, many freed blacks sought
employment as farm hands. Instead of being hired
at a given wage, landowners allowed former slaves
to work as tenant farmers. These farmers were
called sharecroppers because they gave a share of
their crop as payment for rent.
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2. Which of the following best expresses the
Radical Republican philosophy of
Reconstruction? a. The Southern states never
left the Union. b. If 10 of the voters took an
oath of allegiance, the state would be
restored to the Union. c. If conventions in
Southern states would amend their constitutions
and repudiate their war debts, the state
would be restored to the Union. d. The states
were conquered territories that were to be ruled
by military governors.
The "conquered territory" best expresses the
Radical Republican philosophy of Reconstruction.
This group, led by Senator Charles Sumner and
Representative Thaddeus Stevens, thought that
Lincoln's Reconstruction plan was too lenient.
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3. "Seward's Folly" was the name a. given to
Alaska b. of the play Lincoln was watching when
he was assassinated c. given to the attempt by
Secretary of State Seward to win the Republican
nomination against Grant d. of the book which
led to the arrest and conviction of "Boss" Tweed
In March 1867 Secretary of State William H.
Seward signed a treaty with Baron Eduard de
Stoeckl, the Russian minister to the United
States. The treaty gave Alaska to the United
States for 7.2 million -- about two cents per
acre. Some Americans, thinking Alaska was a
frozen wasteland not worth the price, called it
"Seward's Folly."
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4. During Reconstruction, which American
president faced an impeachment trial? a. Bill
Clinton b. Andrew Johnson c. Lyndon Johnson d.
Richard M. Nixon
When President Johnson dismissed his Secretary of
War, Edwin M. Stanton, Congress then accused
Johnson of disobeying the Tenure of Office Act.
The House of Representatives voted a bill of
impeachment and sent it to the Senate for its
final judgment. By a narrow margin, the Senate
acquitted Andrew Johnson of all charges.
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5. The Reconstruction Era encouraged social
change in the United States. The first black men
to be elected to the United States Senate
were a. Blanche Bruce and Hiram Revels b.
Terence Powderly and Uriah Stephens c. Frances
Willard and Carrie Nation d. Samuel Gompers and
Adolph Strasser
The Reconstruction Era encouraged social change
in the United States. The first black men to be
elected to the United States Senate were Blanche
Bruce and Hiram Revels. They were both elected
from Mississippi -- Hiram Revels in 1870 and
Blanche Bruce in 1874. Revels was an ordained
minister and Bruce had been a teacher.