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Unit 3-1 Exam Questions

Unit 3-1 Exam Questions. Directions. Click the indicated icon to begin the slide show Press the right arrow key on the keyboard once to reveal the answer Press the right arrow key once more to advance to the next question. Table of Contents. Lincoln’s 10% Plan

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Unit 3-1 Exam Questions

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  1. Unit 3-1 Exam Questions

  2. Directions • Click the indicated icon to begin the slide show • Press the right arrow key on the keyboard once to reveal the answer • Press the right arrow key once more to advance to the next question

  3. Table of Contents • Lincoln’s 10% Plan • Radical Republicans / Congressional Reconstruction • Civil Rights Amendments (13th, 14th, and 15th) • Carpetbaggers • Impeachment • Sharecroppers • Plessy v. Ferguson • Freedmen’s Bureau • Election Of 1876 (Hayes/Tilden) • Black Codes • Ku Klux Klan • Voting Restrictions (Literacy Test, Poll Tax, Grandfather Clause)

  4. Lincoln’s 10% Plan The Radical Republicans in Congress opposed President Abraham Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction because Lincoln (1) called for the imprisonment of most Confederate leaders (2) rejected the idea of harsh punishments for the South (3) planned to keep Northern troops in the South after the war (4) demanded immediate civil and political rights for formerly enslaved persons

  5. Lincoln’s 10% Plan The Reconstruction plans of President Abraham Lincoln and President Andrew Johnson included a provision for the (1) resumption of full participation in Congress by Southern States (2) long-term military occupation of the Confederacy (3) payment of war reparations by Southern States (4) harsh punishment of former Confederate officials

  6. Radical Republicans / Congressional Reconstruction Radical Republicans’ passage of the Civil War amendments, President Theodore Roosevelt’s Square Deal, and President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society programs were all attempts to (1) promote the theory of laissez-faire (2) improve society through government action (3) reduce the economic role of government (4) increase the influence of large corporations

  7. Civil Rights Amendments (13th, 14th, and 15th) “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.” This statement is part of the (1) Missouri Compromise (2) Kansas-Nebraska Act (3) Dred Scott decision (4) 13th amendment to the Constitution

  8. Civil Rights Amendments (13th, 14th, and 15th) The institution of slavery was formally abolished in the United States by the (1) Compromise of 1850 (2) Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 (3) creation of the Freedmen’s Bureau in 1865 (4) ratification of the 13th amendment in 1865

  9. Civil Rights Amendments (13th, 14th, and 15th) A primary reason for the passage of the 14th amendment in 1868 was to (1) prohibit the secession of states (2) uphold the legality of the Black Codes (3) continue the presidential plan for Reconstruction (4) guarantee citizenship rights to the newly freed slaves

  10. Civil Rights Amendments (13th, 14th, and 15th) Before the former Confederate states could be readmitted to the Union, the congressional plan for Reconstruction required them to (1) ratify the 14th amendment (2) imprison all former Confederate soldiers (3) provide 40 acres of land to all freedmen (4) help rebuild Northern industries

  11. Civil Rights Amendments (13th, 14th, and 15th) Following Reconstruction, the passage of Jim Crow laws in the South limited the effectiveness of (1) the 14th and 15th amendments (2) the Freedmen’s Bureau (3) Black Codes (4) tenant farming and sharecropping

  12. Civil Rights Amendments (13th, 14th, and 15th) The passage of Jim Crow laws in the South after Reconstruction was aided in part by (1) a narrow interpretation of the 14th amendment by the United States Supreme Court (2) a change in the southern economy from agricultural to industrial (3) the growth of Republican-dominated governments in the South (4) the rise in European immigration to the South

  13. Civil Rights Amendments (13th, 14th, and 15th) “President Jackson Signs Force Bill Against South Carolina” “Congress Declares Southern States Must Accept 14th Amendment” “President Eisenhower Sends Federal Troops to Little Rock, Arkansas” Which principle is illustrated by these headlines? (1) executive privilege (2) popular sovereignty (3) limited government (4) federal supremacy

  14. Civil Rights Amendments (13th, 14th, and 15th) What was the decision of the Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)? (1) Black Codes were unconstitutional. (2) The citizenship principle established in Dred Scott v. Sanford was repealed. (3) The 15th amendment failed to guarantee the right to vote to all males. (4) Racial segregation did not violate the equal protection provision of the 14th amendment.

  15. Civil Rights Amendments (13th, 14th, and 15th) In 1954, the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka advanced the civil rights movement by (1) guaranteeing equal voting rights to African Americans (2) banning racial segregation in hotels and restaurants (3) declaring that racial segregation in public schools violated the 14th amendment (4) upholding the principle of separate but equal public facilities

  16. Civil Rights Amendments (13th, 14th, and 15th) Poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses were adopted in Southern States primarily to (1) enforce the terms of the 15th amendment (2) keep African Americans from exercising their right to vote (3) stop criminals and immigrants from voting (4) eliminate bribery and corruption at polling places

  17. Civil Rights Amendments (13th, 14th, and 15th) During the Reconstruction Era (1865–1877), the 15th amendment was adopted to grant African Americans (1) educational opportunities (2) economic equality (3) freedom of speech (4) voting rights

  18. Civil Rights Amendments (13th, 14th, and 15th) “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. . . .” — 15th Amendment, Section 1, United States Constitution, 1870 Which actions did Southern States take to keep African Americans from exercising the rights guaranteed in this amendment? (1) suspending habeas corpus and denying women the right to vote (2) collecting poll taxes and requiring literacy tests (3) establishing religious and property-holding requirements for voting (4) passing Black Codes and establishing segregated schools

  19. Carpetbaggers What is the main idea of this cartoon from the Reconstruction Era? (1) Southern society was oppressed by Radical Republican policies. (2) Military force was necessary to stop Southern secession. (3) United States soldiers forced women in the South to work in factories. (4) Sharecropping was an economic burden for women after the Civil War.

  20. Impeachment Which statement about the impeachment trials of both President Andrew Johnson and President Bill Clinton is most accurate? (1) The House of Representatives failed to vote for articles of impeachment. (2) Only President Johnson was convicted and removed from office. (3) Only President Clinton was convicted and removed from office. (4) The Senate failed to convict either president.

  21. Sharecroppers After the Civil War, white Southern landowners used sharecropping to (1) set up schools to educate formerly enslaved persons (2) encourage freedmen to migrate north (3) maintain a cheap labor supply (4) sell their plantations to formerly enslaved persons

  22. Sharecroppers After the Civil War, the sharecropping system emerged in the South primarily as a way to (1) diversify agricultural production (2) provide a labor supply to plantation owners (3) give forty acres of land to freedmen (4) guarantee economic equality for African Americans

  23. Sharecroppers In the ten years following the Civil War, a large numbers of former slaves earned a living by becoming (1) conductors on the Underground Railroad (2) workers in Northern factories (3) sharecroppers on Southern farms (4) gold miners in California

  24. Plessy v. Ferguson The Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) affected African Americans by (1) granting voting rights (2) expanding civil rights (3) upholding racial segregation (4) guaranteeing equal wages

  25. Plessy v. Ferguson The Supreme Court decision in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) affected civil rights in the United States by (1) ruling that segregated public schools were unconstitutional (2) rejecting the legal basis of Jim Crow laws (3) approving racial segregation in public facilities (4) strengthening the protections of the 14th amendment

  26. Plessy v. Ferguson In which case did the United States Supreme Court rule that segregated public facilities were constitutional? (1) Worcester v. Georgia (2) Plessy v. Ferguson (3) Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (4) Miranda v. Arizona

  27. Plessy v. Ferguson One similarity between the laws being challenged in the United States Supreme Court cases of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) and Korematsu v. United States (1944) is that (1) specific groups of people were being targeted based on race or ethnicity (2) state laws were declared unconstitutional (3) immigrants were relocated to prison camps (4) federal laws segregating public transportation were upheld

  28. Plessy v. Ferguson The Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) upheld a state law that had (1) banned the hiring of Chinese workers (2) established racial segregation practices (3) outlawed the use of prison inmate labor (4) forced Native American Indians to relocate to reservations

  29. Plessy v. Ferguson What was the decision of the Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)? (1) Black Codes were unconstitutional. (2) The citizenship principle established in Dred Scott v. Sanford was repealed. (3) The 15th amendment failed to guarantee the right to vote to all males. (4) Racial segregation did not violate the equal protection provision of the 14th amendment.

  30. Plessy v. Ferguson The Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) had a major impact on the lives of African Americans because it ruled that (1) segregation was illegal in educational institutions (2) voting was a right guaranteed by the Constitution (3) separate but equal public facilities were legal (4) military occupation of the South was unconstitutional

  31. Plessy v. Ferguson Which constitutional principle was tested in the cases of Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka? (1) separation of powers (2) popular sovereignty (3) equal protection of the law (4) separation of church and state

  32. Plessy v. Ferguson In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the Supreme Court ruled that (1) states may not secede from the Union (2) racial segregation was constitutional (3) slaves are property and may not be taken from their owners (4) all western territories should be open to slavery

  33. Freedmen’s Bureau This term has appeared on the exam many times but so far only in DBQs or as part of incorrect answer choices in the multiple choice section. Freedmen = Formerly enslaved persons who had now been emancipated (set free) by the 13th amendment. Freedmen’s Bureau = An organization formed to aid Freedmen in their transition into society from slavery. They provided education, job opportunities, transportation and other services for Freedmen.

  34. Election of 1876 (Hayes and Tilden) What was a result of the disputed presidential election of 1876? (1) Reconstruction ended as federal troops were removed from the South. (2) Slavery was reestablished in the South by state legislatures. (3) New state laws were passed in the South to guarantee equal rights for African Americans. (4) A constitutional amendment was adopted to correct problems with the electoral college system.

  35. Election of 1876 (Hayes and Tilden) How is the presidential election of 2000 similar to the presidential elections of 1824 and 1876? (1) The electoral vote count ended in a tie. (2) The third-party candidate won several electoral votes. (3) The winner of the popular vote did not become president. (4) The United States Senate selected the winner.

  36. Election of 1876 (Hayes and Tilden) The disputed elections of 1876 and 2000 were similar because in both contests the (1) winner was chosen by a special electoral commission (2) states were required to hold a second election (3) winner of the popular vote did not become president (4) election had to be decided in the House of Representatives

  37. Election of 1876 (Hayes and Tilden) How were the presidential elections of 1876 and 2000 similar? (1) The winner of the popular vote lost the electoral vote. (2) Third-party candidates did not affect the outcome. (3) The outcome of the election was decided by Congress. (4) The winner was decided by the Supreme Court.

  38. Black Codes After the Civil War, Southern state legislatures attempted to restrict the rights of formerly enslaved persons by (1) passing Black Codes (2) ratifying the 15th amendment (3) supporting the goals of the Radical Republicans (4) enacting legislation to strengthen the Freedmen’s Bureau

  39. Ku Klux Klan The Red Scare, the growth of the Ku Klux Klan, and the murder convictions of Sacco and Vanzetti were influenced by (1) the rise of organized crime (2) the passage of immigration quota acts (3) a distrust of foreigners (4) an effort to stop fascism

  40. Ku Klux Klan The influence of nativism during the 1920s is best illustrated by the (1) increase in the popularity of the automobile (2) emergence of the flappers (3) expansion of trusts and monopolies (4) growth of the Ku Klux Klan

  41. Ku Klux Klan . . . But the great glory of American democracy is the right to protest for right. My friends, don’t let anybody make us feel that we [are] to be compared in our actions with the Ku Klux Klan or with the White Citizens Council. There will be no crosses burned at any bus stops in Montgomery. There will be no white persons pulled out of their homes and taken out on some distant road and lynched for not cooperating. There will be nobody amid, among us who will stand up and defy the Constitution of this nation. We only assemble here because of our desire to see right exist. . . . — Martin Luther King, Jr., December 1955 Which statement most accurately summarizes the main idea of these quotations? (1) Revolution is inevitable in a democratic society. (2) Government consistently protects the freedom and dignity of all its citizens. (3) Violence is the most effective form of protest. (4) Civil disobedience is sometimes necessary to bring about change.

  42. Voting Restrictions (Literacy Test, Poll Tax, Grandfather Clause) Literacy tests and grandfather clauses were enacted in the South after the Reconstruction Era primarily to (1) increase the number of women voters (2) limit the number of African American voters (3) guarantee that voters could read and write (4) ensure that formerly enslaved persons met property requirements

  43. Voting Restrictions (Literacy Test, Poll Tax, Grandfather Clause) Poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses were adopted in Southern States primarily to (1) enforce the terms of the 15th amendment (2) keep African Americans from exercising their right to vote (3) stop criminals and immigrants from voting (4) eliminate bribery and corruption at polling places

  44. Voting Restrictions (Literacy Test, Poll Tax, Grandfather Clause) In the late 1800s, southern state governments used literacy tests, poll taxes, and grandfather clauses to (1) ensure that only educated individuals voted (2) require African Americans to attend school (3) prevent African Americans from voting (4) integrate public facilities

  45. Voting Restrictions (Literacy Test, Poll Tax, Grandfather Clause) The most direct effect of poll taxes and literacy tests on African Americans was to (1) prevent them from voting (2) limit their access to public facilities (3) block their educational opportunities (4) deny them economic advancements

  46. Voting Restrictions (Literacy Test, Poll Tax, Grandfather Clause) Literacy tests and poll taxes were often used to (1) enforce constitutional amendments added after the Civil War (2) limit voter participation by African Americans (3) promote equal educational opportunities for minority persons (4) provide job training for freedmen

  47. Voting Restrictions (Literacy Test, Poll Tax, Grandfather Clause) “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. . . .” — 15th Amendment, Section 1, United States Constitution, 1870 Which actions did Southern States take to keep African Americans from exercising the rights guaranteed in this amendment? (1) suspending habeas corpus and denying women the right to vote (2) collecting poll taxes and requiring literacy tests (3) establishing religious and property-holding requirements for voting (4) passing Black Codes and establishing segregated schools

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