Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Even before the Civil War had ended, what could Arkansas citizens do to have
their rights and property (except slaves) restored?
a. | join the Union army | c. | pay a fine | b. | pledge allegiance to the
flag | d. | take an “oath of
allegiance to the Union” |
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By the spring of 1864, delegates began to work on the state’s ___________
constitution.
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Before Lincoln could resolve the issues of reconstruction,
a. | he was shot and killed. | c. | he was
impeached. | b. | he failed to win re-election. | d. | his term as president
expired. |
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Andrew Johnson’s reconstruction required each southern state to
a. | ratify the 12th amendment. | c. | ratify the 14th
amendment. | b. | ratify the 13th amendment. | d. | ratify the 15th amendment. |
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The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled the “oath of allegiance” to be
a. | constitutional. | c. | acceptable. | b. | unconstitutional. | d. | unacceptable |
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Even though slavery was now illegal, wealthy land owners created a new form of
_________ slavery.
a. | political | c. | religious | b. | social | d. | economic |
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Sharecroppers paid rent
a. | with money from crops they sold. | c. | with money they earned working for
other planters. | b. | with their labor for land owners. | d. | with a share of their
crops. |
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What was commonly called the “Freedman’s Bureau,” was
established to help former slaves and
a. | poor whites. | c. | confederate soldiers returning from the war. | b. | plantation
owners. | d. | Indians displaced
by the war. |
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Carpetbaggers were
a. | southerners who supported the Union. | c. | Union soldiers who fought in the
war. | b. | Confederate soldiers who fought in the war. | d. | northerners who moved to the south or who
stayed in the south after the war. |
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Scalawags were
a. | northern profiteers. | c. | Confederate soldiers. | b. | Union
soldiers. | d. | southern
Unionist. |
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