Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Arkansas Democrats originally voted to _________ the 14th Amendment, while
Tennessee was the only southern state adopt the amendment.
a. | ratify | c. | reject | b. | accept | d. | none of these |
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President Johnson was impeached (charged with wrong doing) but survived removal
in the Senate by ________ vote(s).
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Joseph Brooks believed strongly that the new constitution give equal rights to
___________ .
a. | poor whites | c. | carpetbaggers | b. | former confederates | d. | freedmen |
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Supporters of Joseph Brooks were known as ______________ .
a. | scalawags | c. | “Brindletails” | b. | carpetbaggers | d. | freedmen |
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The states fourth constitution gave equal rights, such as the right to vote to
all eligible males, and provided for
a. | free public education. | c. | freedom of religion. | b. | new social services. | d. | none of these. |
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The states fourth constitution disenfranchised _____________
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(disenfranchised - denied the right to vote)
a. | carpetbaggers | c. | scalawags | b. | Confederates | d. | freedmen |
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The Union Leagues and the Freedman’s Bureau helped more then ___________
black citizens to vote.
a. | 10,000 | c. | 20,000 | b. | 15,000 | d. | 25,000 |
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8.
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Powell Clayton was elected the states ninth governor, came to Arkansas as a
a. | carpetbagger | c. | scalawag | b. | Union officer | d. | Confederate
officer |
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Governor Clayton declared ____________ because of violence in the state after
Ulysses S. Grant was elected president.
a. | martial law | c. | war on the democrats | b. | a state of emergency | d. | none of these |
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The new Liberal Republicans hoped to end corruption and _________
governor Clayton.
a. | opposed | c. | rejected | b. | supported | d. | accepted |
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