CCD   HISTORY 201 - History of United States 1 Reading Reaction Questions Chapter 16

1. What groups suffered from the goals of national unity and economic growth?

2. What legislation finalized emancipation for slaves?

3. What was the typical response of slaves to emancipation?

4. What was one of the most lasting benefits of the Freedman’s Bureau?

5. Why did Southerners wish to deny the validly of the Confederacy?

6. What was the difference between the views of Lincoln and Johnson toward the ex-Confederates?

7. What were the Black Codes?

8. What first conferred citizenship to African Americans?

9. What mandated that state as well as federal governments were bound by the Bill of Rights?

10. What precedent did Johnson’s impeachment trial set for the future?

11. Who were leaders of the women’s Loyal League?

12. What brought about democratic governments in the south?

13. What were carpetbaggers?

14. Who dominated most Republican governments in the South?

15. Who constituted the majority of Southern white Republican voters?

16. What is sharecropping?

17. What were the Enforcement Acts meant to control?

18. What was the credit mobiler?

19. What was the major reason for the decline of Reconstruction?

20. What played a crucial role in Plains Indian Culture?

21. What did U. S. Indian policy focus on after the civil war?

22. What event ended the violent era of Indian/White relations?

23. What was the intent of the Dawes Severalty Act?

24. Why wasn’t Tilden elected president in 1876 when he won popular vote and had the most electoral votes?

25. Where was the Ku Klux Klan founded?