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What deal did Democrats and Republicans make regarding the presidential election of 1876?

A
The president would be a Democrat, and the vice president would be a Republican.
B
The president would be a Republican, and the vice president would be a Democrat.
C
The president would be a Democrat, and the cabinet would contain Republicans.
D
The president would be a Republican, and the cabinet would contain Democrats.
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How did the Compromise of 1877 mark the beginning of the end of Reconstruction?

A
It removed federal troops from the South.
B
It placed a Democrat in the White House.
C
It ensured that Democrats would join the cabinet.
D
It created a split within the Republican Party.
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Fading support for Reconstruction was preceded by

A
the Liberal Republicans joining the Republican Party.
B
a Democratic candidate assuming the presidency in 1868.
C
members of Grant’s administration being accused of bribery.
D
violence breaking out against African Americans in Memphis.
4

What political group gained power through Cabinet appointments after the 1876 presidential election?

A
the Democrats
B
the Whigs
C
the Liberal Republicans
D
the Republicans
5

Who was Ulysses S. Grant?

A
the Union general who was credited with winning the Civil War and who was elected president in 1868
B
the Confederate general who surrendered at the end of the Civil War and who was elected president in 1868
C
a member of the US Senate and the first African American politician to serve in Congress
D
a Democratic governor of New York and an unsuccessful presidential candidate in 1876
6

Who was Blanche Bruce?

A
a leader and founding member of the Ku Klux Klan
B
a presidential candidate from the Republican Party
C
the first African American politician to serve in Congress
D
the founder of the first school for African American children
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Rutherford B. Hayes became the US president because

A
he won a majority of the popular vote.
B
Congress forged the Compromise of 1877.
C
votes from four states were recounted.
D
he was a popular Union general.
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During Reconstruction, which organization built schools and trained teachers?

A
the Scalawags
B
the Freedmen’s Bureau
C
the Carpetbaggers
D
the Southern Democratic Party
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The Civil Rights Act of 1866 was significant because it

A
placed the South under military rule and created districts.
B
granted all African American men the right to vote.
C
prohibited states from denying the right to vote due to race.
D
was the first in a series of laws that protected African Americans.
10

Which event brought about the Panic of 1873?

A
the end of the Civil War
B
the start of Reconstruction
C
several banks ran out of money
D
several major stocks crashed
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Which statement best describes the government participation of African Americans during Reconstruction?

A
African Americans were excluded from participating in government at any level.
B
African Americans participated widely in local government in the South.
C
African Americans became the most powerful voice in Southern state governments.
D
African Americans were elected to positions in local, state, and national government.
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Why were some African Americans interested in serving as “Buffalo Soldiers” on the western frontier after 1866?

A
They wanted to contribute to the defeat of the Confederacy in the Civil War.
B
They were promised land in exchange for their military service.
C
They intended to seize lands from Indigenous tribes for resettlement of freedmen.
D
They saw the military as a career opportunity when other jobs were denied them.
13

Who was Hiram Revels?

A
a leader of the Ku Klux Klan
B
a Democratic presidential candidate
C
the first African American in Congress
D
a wealthy Mississippi landowner
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The Reconstruction Act of 1867 was significant because it

A
granted suffrage to all African American men.
B
gave all adult African Americans the right to vote.
C
made it illegal to deny the right to vote due to race.
D
granted citizenship to anyone born in the United States.
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Which was founded by former Confederate Army officers in Tennessee in 1866?

A
the Carpetbaggers
B
the Ku Klux Klan
C
the Scalawags
D
the Tennessee legislature

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