1- Which of the following was the Radical Republicans original purpose for congr
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1-Which of the following was the Radical Republicans original purpose for congress passing the 1867 Tenure of Office Act?
a) The Tenure of Office Act was put into place to extend the term limits of congressmen so they would server for more than two years in their respective posts.
b) The Tenure of Office Act was put into place to prevent Democrats that had seceded from the Union coming back to the federal government and regaining their old positions before the war.
c) The Tenure of Office Act was passed through congress as an attempt to prevent President Johnson from stripping people of power that had allied themselves with the Republicans.
d) The Tenure of Office Act was put into place to trap Johnson into breaking a law, than thus proving that he was no longer fit for office.
2-Why did some Radical Republicans, including Charles Sumpter, a staunch believer in equality between the races, not vote for the Fifteenth Amendment?
a) Many Radical Republicans did not support the Amendment because it left too many loopholes the states could use to disenfranchise African-American men.
b) Most Radical Republicans did not support the Amendment because it did not guarantee the vote for women.
c) Most Radical Republicans did not support the Amendment because the bill was not popular among their constituents, and they feared being voted out of office.
d) Many Radical Republicans did not support the Amendment because it would have given the South a larger voting base, thus giving the South more representation in the Electoral College.
3-Which of the following best characterizes the Klan during the era of Reconstruction?
a) The rise of the Klan, and other terrorists organization in the South at the time, represent white southerners fighting to keep the racial hierarchy in place after the war.
b) The Klan claimed to be deeply Protestant and as a result targeted Jews and Catholics that were living in the South.
c) The Klan only targeted African-Americans that challenged the entrenched racial hierarchy in the South.
d) The Klan was basically the military branch of the Republican Party. They destroyed ballots and intimidated voters to get their Republicans into office.
4-Which of the following was major reason for federal Reconstruction faltering in the early 1870s?
a) Most Radical Republicans had been voted out of office in 1872 and the moderate Republicans that were left wished to remain in office, so they began working with the Democrats.
b) Ulysses S. Grant, voted into office in 1872, cared little for reconstructing the South. Because he did not support the Radical Republican’s agenda in congress, Democrats were able to gain control.
c) As soon as Grant came into office he declared Reconstruction over at the federal level. He did this so he would not be obliged to spend federal monies on infrastructure projects in the South.
d) The Europe and America experienced an economic downturn in the early 1870s and the Democrats were able to convince the nation that the Republicans (and therefore their policies such as Reconstruction) caused the depression.
Explanation / Answer
Ans 1 c) The Tenure of Office Act was passed through congress as an attempt to prevent the President Johnson from stripping people of power that had allied themselves with the Republicans
It was a united states federal law in force from 1867 to 1887 . It was intended to restrict the power of President Johnson to remove the office holders without getting an approval from the Senate.
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