HIUS 390 Final Exam With Questions
And Complete Solutions
Number of freed slaves who needed to find work, shelter, and basic provisions - Answer
Over 600,000
Economic Problems after the War - Answer 1. Had to rely on the federal government for
rations
2. Confederate money is now useless
3. Most banks were now closed
Cities that underwent widespread destruction - Answer Richmond, Petersburg,
Fredericksburg
First Reconstruction Act - Answer Established five military districts in the former
confederacy, disqualified former confederates from voting, required new state
constitutions, and stipulated ratification of the Fourteenth Ammendment before
becoming a state
Freedman's Bureau - Answer Designed to help provide slaves help by providing
educational opportunities
Slaves first and second priorities - Answer Reuniting with families and educating their
children
President Andrew Johnson - Answer Replaced Lincoln after assasination, supported a
lenient treatment of thee south, wanted the south to renounce slavery and secession
and come back, appointed governors to oversee states while figuring out secession
Governor Francis Pierpont - Answer Governor appointed to oversee VA during
reconstruction; created a "restored" government
Radical Republicans - Answer Wanted a harsher treatment of the South, debates were
so bad that Johnson was impeached, and radical Republicans won
General John Schofield - Answer Northern appointed leader in Virginia after the Civil
War
13th Amendment - Answer Ended slavery
, 14th Amendment - Answer Guaranteed citizenship rights
15th Amendment - Answer Guaranteed the right to vote
What led to Virginia's readmittance to the Union? - Answer A new Virginia constitution
Key Provisions of the Underwood Constitution - Answer 1. Universal manhood suffrage
2. Established a publicly supported school system
3. Required a written, secret ballot
4. Disenfranchised former confederates (cut off right to vote)
Process of readmission to the Union - Answer 180 delegates (27 black VAs); elect new
senators and representatives; VA had to vote to approve new amendments; Jan. 1870
congress readmits Virginia
Costs of the war - Answer 1. Value of farms plunged
2. Production below pre-war levels
3. Growth of sharecropping and tenant farming
Henry Grady - Answer Proposed the diversifaction of Virginia's economy
Key Developments in Manufacturing Post-Civil War - Answer 1. Railroads (biggest
industry)
2. Cigarettes (Richmond largest)
3. Coal
4. Railroad developments lead to new towns (Big Lick AKA Roanoke)
Population of an urban area - Answer 2,500 people
Problems with sharecropping - Answer Considered a temporary situation
Most people in debt to merchant
Very hard to make money
Had too many farmers and produced too much
Overproduction results
Tenant Farming - Answer Farming land that someone else owns
The New South Movement - Answer Expanding manufacturing
Biggest Problem During Reconstruction - Answer Debt
The Funders - Answer Gilbert Walker & William Mahone; believed that Virginia was
honor-bound to pay off debt; 2/3 should be paid off by VA, 1/3 paid off by VA; created
the Funding Act to sell bonds to raise money and pay back at 6% interest
And Complete Solutions
Number of freed slaves who needed to find work, shelter, and basic provisions - Answer
Over 600,000
Economic Problems after the War - Answer 1. Had to rely on the federal government for
rations
2. Confederate money is now useless
3. Most banks were now closed
Cities that underwent widespread destruction - Answer Richmond, Petersburg,
Fredericksburg
First Reconstruction Act - Answer Established five military districts in the former
confederacy, disqualified former confederates from voting, required new state
constitutions, and stipulated ratification of the Fourteenth Ammendment before
becoming a state
Freedman's Bureau - Answer Designed to help provide slaves help by providing
educational opportunities
Slaves first and second priorities - Answer Reuniting with families and educating their
children
President Andrew Johnson - Answer Replaced Lincoln after assasination, supported a
lenient treatment of thee south, wanted the south to renounce slavery and secession
and come back, appointed governors to oversee states while figuring out secession
Governor Francis Pierpont - Answer Governor appointed to oversee VA during
reconstruction; created a "restored" government
Radical Republicans - Answer Wanted a harsher treatment of the South, debates were
so bad that Johnson was impeached, and radical Republicans won
General John Schofield - Answer Northern appointed leader in Virginia after the Civil
War
13th Amendment - Answer Ended slavery
, 14th Amendment - Answer Guaranteed citizenship rights
15th Amendment - Answer Guaranteed the right to vote
What led to Virginia's readmittance to the Union? - Answer A new Virginia constitution
Key Provisions of the Underwood Constitution - Answer 1. Universal manhood suffrage
2. Established a publicly supported school system
3. Required a written, secret ballot
4. Disenfranchised former confederates (cut off right to vote)
Process of readmission to the Union - Answer 180 delegates (27 black VAs); elect new
senators and representatives; VA had to vote to approve new amendments; Jan. 1870
congress readmits Virginia
Costs of the war - Answer 1. Value of farms plunged
2. Production below pre-war levels
3. Growth of sharecropping and tenant farming
Henry Grady - Answer Proposed the diversifaction of Virginia's economy
Key Developments in Manufacturing Post-Civil War - Answer 1. Railroads (biggest
industry)
2. Cigarettes (Richmond largest)
3. Coal
4. Railroad developments lead to new towns (Big Lick AKA Roanoke)
Population of an urban area - Answer 2,500 people
Problems with sharecropping - Answer Considered a temporary situation
Most people in debt to merchant
Very hard to make money
Had too many farmers and produced too much
Overproduction results
Tenant Farming - Answer Farming land that someone else owns
The New South Movement - Answer Expanding manufacturing
Biggest Problem During Reconstruction - Answer Debt
The Funders - Answer Gilbert Walker & William Mahone; believed that Virginia was
honor-bound to pay off debt; 2/3 should be paid off by VA, 1/3 paid off by VA; created
the Funding Act to sell bonds to raise money and pay back at 6% interest
