CLEP EXAM - US HISTORY 1865 TO

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CLEP EXAM - US HISTORY 1865 TO

PRESENT QUESTION AND

ANSWERS

Question : Which of the following best describes The

experiences of most recently free people following reconstruction?

• They obtained land from the Freedmen's bureau
• They were forced back onto the plantations as

sharecroppers

• They established large cooperative farms
• They migrated to northern urban areas and worked as

unskilled labor's

• They were forced to migrate to marginally fertile lands

in the western territories

CORRECT ANSWER: B. They were forced back onto

the plantations as sharecroppers

Question : The Reconstruction acts of 1867 provided for:

• Temporary union military supervision of the former

confederacy

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• Federal monetary support for the resettlement of

African-Americans in Africa

• Property holding and voting rights for African-

Americans

• Implementation of anti-African-American vagrancy

laws in the south

• Lenient readmission of the formerly confederate states

to the union

CORRECT ANSWER: A. Temporary union military

supervision of the former confederacy

Question : Which of the following occurred as a result of

the compromise of 1877?

• Southern Democrats threatened succession until

Rutherford B Hayes removed federal troops from the south

• Hayes rewarded southern supporters by backing a plan

for a railroad across Florida

• Hayes rewarded northern supporters by promising to

provide government aid for factory construction

• Hayes ordered more federal troops into the south

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• Hayes compromised with southern opponents

removing federal troops from the south and appointing a southerner to his cabinet

CORRECT ANSWER: E. Hayes compromised with

southern opponents removing federal troops from the south and appointing a southerner to his cabinet

Question : During reconstruction Southern blacks

typically did which of the following?

• Worked as day laborers in towns and cities
• Migrated northward exercising their new freedom
• Owned and worked small farms
• Worked in mines and factories
• Tilled farms as renters and sharecroppers

CORRECT ANSWER: E. Tilled farms as renters and

sharecroppers

Question : Section 1 of the 14th amendment is significant

because it:

• Outlaw slavery

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• Restates the promises of the bill of rights
• Reaffirms the balance of power among the three

branches of government

• Establishes enforcement procedures to protect voting

rights

• Establishes the basis for citizenship and limits the

power of the states

CORRECT ANSWER: E. Establishes the basis for

citizenship and limits the power of the states

Question : The term radical reconstruction refers to:

• Abraham Lincoln's plan to restore the confederate

states to the union

• The program for the former Confederate states

associated with Republicans led by Charles Sumner and Thaddeus Stevens

• The federal policies put into effect by Andrew Johnson

immediately after the Civil War

• The implementation of the 13th amendment after the

Civil War