Test Review Submission: Unit I Assessment
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Question 1
3 out of 3 points
In March 1867,
Congress passed
the First
Reconstruction
Act despite
Jackson's veto.
This legislation:
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divided the South into five military districts.
Correct Answer:
divided the South into five military districts.
Question 2
3 out of 3 points
During the
Reconstruction
era, politically
motivated blacks
did not universally
agree on their
post-war goals;
however, two
central concerns
agreed upon were:
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equality before the law and a guarantee of suffrage.
Correct Answer:
equality before the law and a guarantee of suffrage.
Question 3
3 out of 3 points
What was the first
national park
named by
Congress?
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Selected Answer:
Yellowstone
Correct Answer:
Yellowstone
Question 4
3 out of 3 points
In the presidential
election of 1876,
who did the
Republicans
nominate in hopes
of moving past
the corruptions of
the Grant
presidency?
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Selected Answer:
Rutherford B. Hayes
Correct Answer:
Rutherford B. Hayes
Question 5
3 out of 3 points
Which of the
following was
NOT a cause of
the Indian Wars of
the 1860s and
1870s?
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Selected Answer:
The purchase of Alaska
Correct Answer:
The purchase of Alaska
Question 6
3 out of 3 points
In the River War
of 1874-1875, the
U.S. Army fought
against each of the
following cultures
EXCEPT the
__________.
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Selected Answer:
Nez Perce
Correct Answer:
Nez Perce
Question 7
3 out of 3 points
The Compromise
of 1877 resulted
in:
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Selected Answer:
the end of Reconstruction in the South.
Correct Answer:
the end of Reconstruction in the South.
Question 8
3 out of 3 points
The most famous
of all western
artists, which
painter's work
celebrated the
"winning of the
West"?
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Selected Answer:
Frederic Remington
Correct Answer:
Frederic Remington
Question 9
3 out of 3 points
By the end of
Reconstruction,
the majority of
Southern blacks:
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Selected Answer:
achieved minimal autonomy through sharecropping.
Correct Answer:
achieved minimal autonomy through sharecropping.
Question 10
3 out of 3 points
On June 25, 1876,
Colonel Custer
and his men were
annihilated at
__________.
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Selected Answer:
Little Bighorn
Correct Answer:
Little Bighorn
Question 11
2 out of 2 points
The Democratic
nominee for
president in 1872
was __________.
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Question 12
2 out of 2 points
__________ won
the presidential
election in 1872.
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Question 13
0 out of 2 points
Viewers were
thrilled by and
paid large sums
for painter Albert
Bierstads huge
canvases
intricately
detailing animals
and plants called
__________.
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Question 14
2 out of 2 points
In March of 1865,
the federal
government
established the
__________,
which was an
agency to aid
former slaves.
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Question 15
2 out of 2 points
One of the three
groups that
composed the
Republican
coalition in the
postwar South was
__________. This
was a derogatory
name given to
Northerners who
moved South
during the
Reconstruction
Era and developed
political and
economic
connections within
the area.
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Question 16
29 out of 30 points
Describe how
Reconstruction
was brought to an
end by white
terror and the
Compromise of
1877. Had the
process of
Reconstruction
been effective?
Why, or why not?
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minds of the people and to drive away potential voters who favored
Republicans and Reconstructionists. A number of political assassinations,
including Republican organizer, George Ashburn, served to send a message
that white southerners would not tolerate those supporters of equal rights
for Blacks or what they considered a corrupt political party. Over the
following months Klan-inspired violence spread throughout Georgia's
Black Belt and into the northwestern corner of the state. Most Klan action
was designed to intimidate black voters and white supporters of the
Republican Party (Bryant). At times, Klansmen dressed in costumes and
galloped around causing a commotion in the streets and scaring citizens.
But other times they made physical threats against their opponents,
ranging from whippings of black women perceived as insolent to the
assassination of Republican leaders (Bryant). These acts were neither
random nor rare as the Klan gained momentum by becoming more and
more as organized a political organization. In 1868 alone, 336 cases of
murder or assault with intent to kill were reported by the Freedmens
Bureau across the state (Bryant). The Klan took the terrorism all the way to
the polling places where they intimidated not only voters but federal
soldiers stationed at the polls
acknowledge Rutherford B. Hayes as President, but only on the
understanding that Republicans would meet four demands: the removal of
federal troops from the South, the appointment of a Democrat to the
administration, industrialization of southern states and the construction of
another transcontinental railroad through the South. Of these demands,
removing federal troops put an effective end to Reconstruction. In essence,
part of the compromise was that with Hayes election, Reconstruction in the
South would end, allowing Southern Democrats to regain political control
and reinstate white prerogatives. This ushered in the Jim Crow era of
segregation and slowed, if not halted progress for equality for a time.
Correct
Answer:
reasons. Besides political threats and intimidation, the Klan burned Black
churches and schools, trying to change social behavior as well. But in this
regard, Black people fought back both by rebuilding their churches and
schools, but also by actually shooting back during attacks on their
communities. Emancipation had given Southern Blacks independence to
worship and appreciate their own cultures and these attacks could not take
that away from them.
References:
Faragher, J. M., Buhle, M. J., Czitrom, D., & Armitage, S.H. (2009).
many: A history of the American people
River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Bryant, J. M. (2002, October 3). Ku Klux Klan in the Reconstruction Era.
In The New Georgia Encyclopedia History and Archaeology
February 23, 2012
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Response Rolando, The newly freed people were literally sold down the river (an
Feedback: expression from slave days) by the Compromise and the Democratic party
at this time. White terrorism, poll taxes, literacy tests, and the withdraw of
Federal Support left those who had been enslaved to fend for themselves
with little to no defense and the legacy of that time persisted at least until
the 1960s and I would argue onward into the present. You've done well to
talk about the specific ways in which the people were again abandoned by
their government. Do remember your APA in-text citations as you write.
Good work on this answer.
Question 17
30 out of 30 points
Discuss the
original purposes
of the Freedmans
Bureau and the
goals of the
planned
enlargement of the
program by
Congress.
Evaluate how
successful it was
in helping the
Reconstruction
efforts.
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Answer:
freed black Americans.
the Reconstruction
the U.S. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, established
by Congress to provide practical aid to 4,000,000 newly freed
Americans
to expand the program to provide the same opportunities for the black
Americans in terms of education, civil rights, and distribution of land.
opportunities to those affected by slavery.
were in
$400,000 spent to establish teacher-training institutions. All major black
colleges were either founded by, or received aid from, the bureau.
failure of the program can be contributed to poor organization, lack of
continuing funds, and lack of support from Congress.
provide and establish equal opportunities. It is amazing to think how things
could have progressed more quickly had the plan stayed intact and
developed like it was originally planned to do.
References:
Faragher, J. M., Buhle, M. J., Czitrom, D., & Armitage, S.H. (2009).
many: A history of the American people
River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
http://freedmensbureau.com/
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Answer:
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Response This is good work. The original purpose of the Freedmens Bureau was to
Feedback: re-connect families of those newly freed people after the Civil War and to
help those same people get the skills they needed to start their lives anew as
they worked towards full-citizenship, this of course meant educations, jobs
training, and citizenship skills of all kinds. You do well to point much of this
out in your answer. The success of the Freedmens Bureau is only as
successful as the funding and the conversion of hearts of the local people so
it varied by group and region. In some places there was greater success but
in most when the funding wasnt there and whites goodwill ran out and
federal protections werent present the programs became increasing less
effective. Nice job on this answer.
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