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- During Reconstruction, Southern African American officeholders A. filled as many as five seats in the United States Senate. B. were excluded from state constitutional conventions. C. did not serve in the federal Congress or Senate. D. rarely engaged in illegal political activities. E. underrepresented the total number of blacks living in the South.
- At the conclusion of President Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial, A. a majority of Senators voted to acquit. B. Johnson resigned from office just prior to the vote. C. every Senate Republican voted to convict. D. Johnson was convicted and then pardoned by the Senate. E. Johnson was spared conviction by one vote.
- As president, Andrew Johnson A. quickly sided with the Radical Republicans. B. proposed delaying the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment. C. long delayed in presenting his own plans for Reconstruction. D. offered amnesty to Southerners who pledged their loyalty to the United States. E. argued the South should be readmitted to the Union without conditions.
- The Fifteenth Amendment dealt with the issue of A. slavery. B. citizenship. C. cruel and unusual punishment. D. income tax. E. suffrage
- In 1867, congressional plans for Reconstruction A. were rejected by every former Confederate state. B. replaced federal military commanders in the South with civilian leaders. C. granted forty acres of land to every adult male former slave. D. required new state governments in the South to give voting rights to black males. E. required that state legislatures ratify the Thirteenth Amendment.
- The working class was mostly ____, _________ laborers who suffered low wages, long hours, dangerous work, and awful living conditions in 19th-century cities.
- . In 1865, southern whites defined "freedom" as A. the right to use federal assistance to recover from the Civil War. B. controlling their future without northern interference. C. the right of southern states to remain outside of the Union. D. the removal of freed blacks from their states. E. monetary compensation for lost slaves
- The Freedmen's Bureau A. distributed food to millions of former slaves. B. pushed for voting rights for former male slaves. C. gave forty acres of land and a mule to millions of former slaves. D. was created to operate for only five years. E. created millions of federal public works jobs for former slaves.
- As Republicans planned for Reconstruction,A) Conservatives sought many conditions to readmit the former Confederate states.B) Radicals sought a range of punishments for white Southerners.C) President Lincoln suggested that no conditions be put on the former Confederate states.D) they were hampered by the fact that no thought had been given to the task until the end of the war.E) Moderates believed the South should be readmitted without any concessions on black rights.
- While not of noble birth, the ______ class grew massively in political and economic power as industrial and financial cities developed, as well as factories & commercial agriculture.
- While the middle class held great economic power, they were looked down upon by the quickly-weakening landowning _____ classes.
- Additionally made for more efficient and quicker trade routes was the ____ Canal built in Egypt by the British, as well as the construction of the ______ Canal and Central America the United States.
- Large-scale ______ made it possible to connect major industrialcenters with trade and raw materials (____ Canal in the U.S.).
- The term '______ _____' was first used in the 18th century to describea new level to the social classes in between the nobles and peasants.
- To navigate, ______ were constructed to make more direct and efficient routes, as well as wide, deep, and stable ________ for the boats.
- Whether this meant staying on ____________ land (now enclosed) or working in _________, this was the poorest and most exploited class (working class).
- With the advent of the Middle Class and manufacturing life, many of the former peasants were forced to find money through ______ labor.
- These were mostly _______ owners, plantation/____ owners, bankers, and merchants (upper-middle class).
- Labor was organized into the _______ system—where all steps of production are done by specialized workers and departments to complete one product.
- Like railroads and electric lines, large-scale private __________ was used.