Author Question: In trying to establish a policy for reconstruction of the South after the Civil War, A) Congress ... (Read 53 times)

mspears3 · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

In the years immediately following emancipation, the freedpeople

A) considered securing jobs and land to be their primary goals.
B) preferred to work in gangs.
C) showed little interest in establishing a traditional family life.
D) showed little interest in acquiring an education.

Question 2

At the end of the Civil War, emancipated blacks

A) received ownership of 40 acres of land.
B) often changed their manners toward whites to demonstrate their freedom.
C) mostly remained on the plantations where they had been slaves.
D) immediately achieved full equality with southern whites.

Question 3

In 1865, at the end of the Civil War, the southern states

A) contrasted starkly with the economic prosperity of the northern states.
B) readily accepted whatever reconstruction policy the North suggested.
C) had been affected only slightly by the war, both socially and economically.
D) quickly reestablished an industrial-based economy.

Question 4

In 1865, at the end of the Civil War, the Democratic party

A) represented an uneasy alliance of former Whigs and Know-Nothings.
B) depicted the Republicans as a group of rebels and traitors.
C) ruled victoriously over the government of the United States.
D) was in shambles organizationally.

Question 5

In trying to establish a policy for reconstruction of the South after the Civil War,

A) Congress readily agreed with Lincoln's plan.
B) a conflict arose between Congress and the president about which had authority in the matter.
C) Johnson finally forced Congress to adopt his plan.
D) Congress rejected Lincoln's plan.