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- 3. Spanish colonial enterprises exhibited all of the following characteristics excepta. By the end of the 1500s, Spanish colonies were tightly controlled by the Spanish monarchyb. The Spanish employed native labor to extract wealth from their colonial territoriesc. Relatively few immigrants left Spain for permanent settlement in the New Worldd. Gold and silver mining were among the most successful Spanish colonial enterprisese. The Spanish were generally less interested in the Catholic conversion of native peoples than were other European colonial powers
- A primary motive for the formation of the Ku Klux Klan wasA) hostility to the growing practice of interracial sex.B) anger at the corruption in Reconstruction legislatures.C) the southern desire to instigate guerrilla warfare against the occupying U.S. Army.D) the sense of brotherhood that a secret society could develop.E) white resentment of the ability and success of black legislators.
- 4. Mercantilists believed thata. A mother country needed to import more goods than it exportedb. National power had no relationship to the size of one's colonial empirec. The mother country produced raw materials and colonies produced finished productsd. A country's economic wealth could be measured by the amount of gold and silver in its treasurye. Colonies drained a country of its resources
- Which of the following was not one of the Reconstruction era constitutional amendments?A) TwelfthB) ThirteenthC) FourteenthD) FifteenthE) All of the above were Reconstruction amendments.
- To many Northerners, the Black Codes seemed to indicate thatA) it would take some time to reconcile the South and the North.B) the transition to black freedom would be difficult.C) the Civil War had been worth the sacrifice.D) presidential Reconstruction was working.E) the arrogant South was acting as if the North had not really won the Civil War.
- The white South viewed the Freedmen's Bureau asA) a meddlesome federal agency that threatened to upset white racial dominance.B) an agency acceptable only because it also helped poor whites.C) a valued partner in rebuilding the South.D) more helpful in the North than the South.E) a threat to state social service agencies.
- The greatest achievements of the Freedmen's Bureau were inA) its distribution of land.B) education.C) the provision of food and clothing.D) helping people to find employment.E) all of the above.
- Both moderate and radical Republicans agreed thatA) federal power must be used to bring about a social and economic revolution in the South.B) blacks should be the foundation of the southern Republican Party.C) the federal government must become involved in the individual lives of American citizens.D) Southern states should quickly be readmitted into the Union.E) freed slaves must be granted the right to vote.
- For blacks, emancipation meant all of the following exceptA) the ability to search for lost family.B) the right to get married.C) the opportunity to form their own churches.D) the opportunity for an education.E) that large numbers would move north.
- The Fourteenth Amendment guaranteedA) citizenship and civil rights to freed slaves.B) land for former slaves.C) voting rights for former Confederates who had previously served in the U.S. Army.D) freed slaves the right to vote.E) education to former slaves.
- In the 1866 congressional elections,A) President Johnson conducted a highly successful "swing around the circle" campaign tour promoting his policies.B) radicals replaced moderates as the dominant Republican faction in Congress.C) voters endorsed the congressional approach to Reconstruction.D) Republicans lost their majority control of Congress.E) a substantial number of white southern Republicans were elected to Congress.
- The root cause of the battle between Congress and President Andrew Johnson wasA) Johnson's personal vulgarity and crude style of campaigning.B) the president's former ownership of slaves.C) Johnson's "soft" treatment of the white South..D) Johnson's "class-based" policies that favored poor whites.E) Johnson's underlying loyalty to the Democratic Party.
- In his 10 percent plan for Reconstruction, President Lincoln promisedA) rapid readmission of Southern states into the Union.B) former slaves the right to vote.C) the restoration of the planter aristocracy to political power.D) severe punishment of Southern political and military leaders.E) a plan to allow 10 percent of blacks to vote.
- The main purpose of the Black Codes was toA) guarantee freedom for the blacks.B) ensure a stable and subservient labor supply.C) prevent interracial sex and marriage..D) prevent blacks from becoming sharecroppers.E) create a system of justice for ex-slaves.
- The Fourteenth AmendmentA) required former Confederate states to pay their war debts.B) prohibited ex-Confederate leaders from holding public office.C) guaranteed freed slaves the right to vote.D) met all the demands of the radical Republicans.E) made women as well as blacks U.S. citizens.
- At the end of the Civil War, many white SouthernersA) reluctantly supported the federal government.B) began planning a new rebellion.C) saw their former slaves in a new light.D) asked for pardons so that they could once again hold political office and vote.E) still believed that their view of secession was correct.
- In the postwar SouthA) the economy was utterly devastated.B) the emancipation of slaves had surprisingly little economic consequence.C) the much-feared inflation never materialized.D) industry and transportation were damaged, but Southern agriculture continued to flourish.E) poorer whites benefited from the end of plantation slavery.
- In President Andrew Johnson's view, the Freedmen's Bureau wasA) a valuable agency.B) acceptable only because it also helped poor whites.C) a tolerable compromise with the radical Congress.D) a potential source of Republican patronage jobs.E) a meddlesome agency that should be killed.
- In 1865, SouthernA) whites quickly admitted they had been wrong in trying to secede and win Southern independence.B) whites rapidly turned their slaves into paid employees.C) blacks uniformly turned in anger and revenge against their former masters.D) blacks often began traveling to test their freedom, search for family members, and seek economic opportunity.E) blacks looked to the federal government for help.
- The fate of the defeated Confederate leaders was thatA) most were sentenced to prison for life.B) several were executed for treason.C) after brief jail terms all were pardoned in 1868.D) they were immediately returned to citizenship and full civil rights.E) many went into exile in slaveholding Brazil.