Transcript SOL Quiz 18
SOL Quiz 18 Reconstruction II 1. Which economic institution was sometimes called "slavery without slaves"? a. the closed shop b. the factory system c. subsistence farming d. sharecropping After the Civil War, many freed blacks sought employment as farm hands. Instead of being hired at a given wage, landowners allowed former slaves to work as tenant farmers. These farmers were called sharecroppers because they gave a share of their crop as payment for rent. 2. Which of the following best expresses the Radical Republican philosophy of Reconstruction? a. The Southern states never left the Union. b. If 10% of the voters took an oath of allegiance, the state would be restored to the Union. c. If conventions in Southern states would amend their constitutions and repudiate their war debts, the state would be restored to the Union. d. The states were conquered territories that were to be ruled by military governors. The "conquered territory" best expresses the Radical Republican philosophy of Reconstruction. This group, led by Senator Charles Sumner and Representative Thaddeus Stevens, thought that Lincoln's Reconstruction plan was too lenient. 3. "Seward's Folly" was the name a. given to Alaska b. of the play Lincoln was watching when he was assassinated c. given to the attempt by Secretary of State Seward to win the Republican nomination against Grant d. of the book which led to the arrest and conviction of "Boss" Tweed In March 1867 Secretary of State William H. Seward signed a treaty with Baron Eduard de Stoeckl, the Russian minister to the United States. The treaty gave Alaska to the United States for $7.2 million -- about two cents per acre. Some Americans, thinking Alaska was a frozen wasteland not worth the price, called it "Seward's Folly." 4. During Reconstruction, which American president faced an impeachment trial? a. Bill Clinton b. Andrew Johnson c. Lyndon Johnson d. Richard M. Nixon When President Johnson dismissed his Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton, Congress then accused Johnson of disobeying the Tenure of Office Act. The House of Representatives voted a bill of impeachment and sent it to the Senate for its final judgment. By a narrow margin, the Senate acquitted Andrew Johnson of all charges. 5. The Reconstruction Era encouraged social change in the United States. The first black men to be elected to the United States Senate were a. Blanche Bruce and Hiram Revels b. Terence Powderly and Uriah Stephens c. Frances Willard and Carrie Nation d. Samuel Gompers and Adolph Strasser The Reconstruction Era encouraged social change in the United States. The first black men to be elected to the United States Senate were Blanche Bruce and Hiram Revels. They were both elected from Mississippi -- Hiram Revels in 1870 and Blanche Bruce in 1874. Revels was an ordained minister and Bruce had been a teacher.