The Civil War and Reconstruction — Test

Question 1

Southerners had a stronger fighting spirit than Northerners because

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they were fighting for independence.

Question 2

After emancipation, many formerly enslaved people built farms on abandoned land. What did President Johnson do with this land during Reconstruction?

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Johnson returned the land to its former owners.

Question 3

Racial violence in the South in the late 1800s often included lynching, which is another term for

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killing, usually by hanging, without a trial.

Question 4

After the Civil War, the South had to reinvent its economy because

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plantations had been destroyed.

Question 5

Who won the popular vote in the 1876 presidential election?

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Samuel J. Tilden

The Civil War and Reconstruction — Test Answers