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History 102 Chapter 2-3 Quiz Solutions
Q1. When Congress sent Andrew Johnson the Civil Rights Bill of 1866, he responded by doing the following:
- he signed it, creating an irreparable breach between himself and the Republicans.
- contented that it gave too much authority to the states
- argued that it discriminated against whites.
- won widespread public approval for his response.
Q2. During the period of Wartime Reconstruction, Lincoln’s Ten-Percent Plan called for harsh penalties to be applied to Southerners and a dramatic expansion of federal powers. False
Q3. All of the following apply to Andrew Johnson EXCEPT:
- Came from humble beginnings
- Served as Lincoln’s Vice President
- was impeached for violating the Tenure of Office Act
- Supported the Civil Rights Bill of 1866
Q4. The southern Black Codes allowed the arrest on vagrancy charges of former slaves who failed to sign yearly labor contracts. True
Q5. Black suffrage made little difference in the South, as very few black voted or ran for public office during Reconstruction. False
Q6. The Enforcement Acts, passed by Congress in 1870 and 1871, were designed to stop the activities of terrorist groups such as the Ku Klux Klan. True
Q7. Restoration was the name of Abraham Lincoln’s plan to reunite the nation following the Civil War. False
Q8. Match the following individuals with the cause most closely associated with them:
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Thaddeus Stevens – Radical Reconstruction
- Andrew Johnson – Women Suffrage
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton – Women Suffrage
- Frederick Douglass – Radical Reconstruction
Q9. What did the freedmen request in their “Petition of Committee on Behalf of the Freedmen to Andrew Johnson” in 1865?
- Help reuniting their family that had been sold.
- An opportunity to attend a black college
- The purchase of some mules
- The right to purchase a homestead
Q10. During Reconstruction, those like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucy Stone who supported a women’s right to vote:
- all endorsed the Fifteenth Amendment even though it did not guarantee female suffrage.
- strongly supported the Fifteenth Amendment because it did guarantee female suffrage.
- all opposed the Fifteenth Amendment because it did not guarantee female suffrage.
- found themselves divided over whether or not to support the Fifteenth Amendment.
Q11. Voter participation during the Gilded Age was never over 60 percent. False
Q12. Looking Backward was the first book to popularize socialist ideas for an American audience. False
Q13. An example of what the economist and social historian Thorstein Veblen meant by “conspicous consumption” is:
- the free services handed out by social reformers
- an immigrant’s purchase of bread.
- John D. Rockefeller’s purchase of a competing company.
- Mrs. Bradley Martin’s costume ball.
Q14. How did the expansion of railroads accelerate the second industrial revolution in America?
- The adoption of a standard railroad gauge made private and federal land grants more available
- Large banks were now able to locate in western railroad towns
- The division of time into four zones allowed businesses to communicate by telegraph for the first time
- Railroads created a true national market for U.S. goods.
Q15. Why did railroad companies and other businesses form “pool” during the American Gilded Age?
- They wanted to cut each other out from the market.
- They hoped to gather enough capital in a pool in order to buy out their largest and most dangerous competitor.
- They hoped to escape the chaos of market forces by fixing prices with their competitors.
- They wanted to share their assets in order to maintain liquidity in times of financial panic.
Q16. One significant economic impact of the second industrial revolution was:
- a more equitable distribution of wealth
- frequent and prolonged economic depression
- a more stable economy.
- higher prices
Q17. Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller:
- faced no criticism for their business practices.
- advocated government regulation in business
- led the way in social reform
- built up giant corporations that dominated their respective markets.
Q18. By the turn of the century, most Americans still worked for themselves as small-business owners or as farmers. False
Q19. The economy surged forward between 1870 and 1890, bringing prosperity and growth with only minor disruptions. False
Q20. Before the Civil War, most Chinese arrivals in the American West were single men, but by the 1870s, Chinese families had begun to arrive. True
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