Question 1

When was the Fifteenth Amendment, which finally granted black men the right to vote on an equal basis with white men, ratified?

Accepted Answer

1870

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1869

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1868

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1871

Question 2

Which Reconstruction amendment overturned the Dred Scott decision?

Accepted Answer

Fourteen

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Thirteen

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Twelve

Answer

Fithteen

Question 3

What was the "ten percent" in Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

When ten percent of the voters who were eligible in 1860 swore an oath of loyalty to the U.S. and accepted the abolition of slavery.

Answer

when ten percent of its wartime leadership was turned over to federal authorities.

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when ten percent of its former slaves had presented themselves to federal authorities to prove they had been freed, as required by the Thirteenth Amendment.

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when ten percent of its wartime debt had been repaid.

Question 4

What were Johnson's beliefs about black suffrage?

Accepted Answer

He rejected it outright.

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He was ambivalent; his focus was on punishing white southern plantation owners.

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He supported it wholeheartedly.

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Sometimes he supported it and other times he did not. It usually depended upon the audience.

Question 5

What years did Reconstruction span?

Accepted Answer

1865-1876

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1867-1879

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1865-1870

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1866-1877

Question 6

In what state, during Reconstruction, did blacks wield the greatest influence?

Accepted Answer

Mississippi

Answer

Georgia

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South Carolina

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Arkansas

Question 7

Who was blamed for the failure of the Freedmen's Savings and Trust Company

Accepted Answer

Black leaders

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white borrowers who had taken advantage of the system

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the federal government, which had insured two-thirds of the deposits

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the federal government, which had insured two-thirds of the deposits

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