Chapter 15

Question 1

First president to be impeached

Answer 1

Andrew Johnson

Question 2

One of the most scandal-ridden administrations in American history

Answer 2

Ulysses S. Grant

Question 3

Corrupt leader who defrauded New York City

Answer 3

William Tweed

Question 4

Political cartoonist who advocated reforms

Answer 4

Thomas Nast

Question 5

Eccentric New York newspaper editor who ran against Grant in 1872

Answer 5

Horace Greeley

Question 6

Lawyer who helped to reform corruption in New York City

Answer 6

Samuel Tilden

Question 7

Winner of the most disputed presidential election in American history of that time

Answer 7

Rutherford B. Hayes

Question 8

First black to serve in the U.S. Congress

Answer 8

Hiram Revels

Question 9

Republican minority that wanted to deal harshly with the South

Answer 9

Radical Republican

Question 10

Indictment of a political official by Congress

Answer 10

Impeachment

Question 11

Northern radical who moved to the South

Answer 11

Carpetbagger

Question 12

Southern radical

Answer 12

Scalawag

Question 13

Denial of someone’s right to vote

Answer 13

Disenfranchisement

Question 14

Method for freed slaves to farm the land without cash

Answer 14

Share-cropping

Question 15

Southerners who wanted to oust republican rule and restore white majority rule

Answer 15

Redeemer

Question 16

Political corruption

Answer 16

Grantism

Question 17

Type of republican who opposed the radicals in 1872

Answer 17

Liberal republican

Question 18

Paper money not backed by gold or silver

Answer 18

Greenbacks

Question 19

Lincoln’s attempt to reestablish civilian government in the South quickly

Answer 19

Ten percent plan

Question 20

Required that a majority of voters in each Southern state sign an oath of allegiance

Answer 20

Wade-Davis Bill

Question 21

Near unanimous support of the Democratic Party in the former Confederate states following Reconstruction

Answer 21

The Solid South

Question 22

Abolished slavery

Answer 22

Thirteenth Amendment

Question 23

Guaranteed citizenship rights

Answer 23

Fourteenth Amendment

Question 24

Divided the South into five military districts

Answer 24

Military Reconstruction Act

Question 25

Attempted to regulate the conduct of former slaves

Answer 25

Black codes

Question 26

The right of a citizen to vote regardless of “race, color, or previous condition of guaranteed servitude”

Answer 26

Fifteenth Amendment

Question 27

What term refers to the national government’s attempt to rebuild the South according to Radical ideas?

Answer 27

Reconstruction

Question 28

What act of Congress was designed to protect the cabinet members from being fired by the president?

Answer 28

Tenure of Office Act

Question 29

What was the most severe depression in the first one hundred years of America’s history?

Answer 29

Panic of 73

Question 30

What government agency was designed to help former slaves following the war?

Answer 30

Freedmen Bureau

Question 31

Which extremist group opposed Radical Reconstruction and sought to prevent blacks from voting during Reconstruction?

Answer 31

Ku Klux Klan

Question 32

Which scandal involved a group’s criminal use of funds intended for railroad construction?

Answer 32

Credit Moblier

Question 33

What term was applied to the political agreement whereby federal troops would be removed from the South?

Answer 33

Compromise of 1877

Question 34

Which president generally supported Lincoln’s plans for Reconstruction?

Answer 34

Andrew Johnson

Question 35

Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?

Answer 35

He dismissed a radical secretary of war

Question 36

What did Robert E Lee do after the war?

Answer 36

Became president of Washington College

Question 37

Why did sharecropping become common in the South during Reconstruction?

Answer 37

The South lacked sufficient money to pay wages

Question 38

In what scandal did Fisk and Gould participate?

Answer 38

Manipulating the price of gold

Question 39

Why was Tammany hall allowed to continue its corruption?

Answer 39

Democratic leaders needed its help obtaining votes

Question 40

What is meant by waving a bloody shirt?

Answer 40

Blaming democrats for the war

Question 41

What did republicans offer southern democrats in return for their support in electing Rutherford B Hayes as president?

Answer 41

Removal of federal troops from the South