U.S History Exam Questions with Correct Answers

Reconstruction - ANSWER-returning the South back to the Union Freedmen's Bureau - ANSWER-A federal agency that helped freed slaves & relieve the South's immediate needs Andrew Johnson - ANSWER-U.S. president after Lincoln, almost impeached by the Radical Republicans Thirteenth Amendment - ANSWER-the constitutional amendment ratified after the Civil War that forbade slavery and involuntary servitude. Radical Republicans - ANSWER-Political party that favored harsh punishment of Southern states after civil war impeachment - ANSWER-The political equivalent of an indictment in criminal law, prescribed by the Constitution. Fourteenth Amendment - ANSWER-made "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" citizens of the country Fifteenth Amendment - ANSWER-constitutional ammendment that gave specifically African American men the right to vote. Ku Klux Klan - ANSWER-founded in the 1860s in the south; meant to control newly freed slaves through threats and violence; other targets: Catholics, Jews, immigrants and others thought to be un-American De jure segregation - ANSWER-segregation by law Cash crop - ANSWER-a readily salable crop that is grown and gathered for the market (as vegetables or cotton or tobacco) Farmer's Alliance - ANSWER-A Farmers' organization founded in late 1870s; worked for lower railroad freight rates, lower interest rates, and a change in the governments tight money policy Civil Rights Act of 1875 - ANSWER-Prohibited discrimination against blacks in public place, such as inns, amusement parks, and on public transportation. Declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. reservation - ANSWER-land set aside for the Native Americans Sand Creek Massacre - ANSWER-an attack on a village of sleeping Cheyenne Indians by a regiment of Colorado militiamen on 29 November 1864 that resulted in the death of more than 200 tribal members Sitting Bull - ANSWER-American Indian chief, he lead the victory of Little Bighorn