Chapter 12 Questions
Chapter 1 Section 1: The Politics of
Reconstruction
1.
Explain
the term “reconstruction.”
2.
How
did Lincoln plan to readmit Southern states into the Union?
3.
Identify
the goals of Thaddeus Stevens & the Radical Republicans
4.
What
was the purpose of the Wade-Davis Bill?
5.
Why
didn’t the Wade-David Bill become law?
6.
How
was Johnson’s Reconstruction different from Lincoln’s plan?
7.
Why
was the Freedman’s Bureau established?
8.
How
did the Black Codes affect African Americans?
9.
Why
did the Civil Rights Act of 1866 “fail?”
10. What protections were granted in the
14th Amendment?
11. Why was Johnson impeached?
12. What was Johnson charged with?
13. How did Johnson’s impeachment trial
end?
14. Who was elected President in 1868?
15. What was the purpose of the 15th
Amendment?
Chapter 12 Section 2: Reconstructing Society
1.
Describe
the devastation suffered by the South as a result of the Civil War.
2.
Describe
the economic effects the South suffered as a result of the Civil War.
3.
What
types of public works programs were enacted to help rebuild the South after the
Civil War?
4.
What
was the difference between a scalawag & a carpetbagger?
5.
Which
political party did most African Americans join after the Civil War?
6.
Why
did the Republican Party suffer a lack of unity?
7.
Identify
the challenges faced by former slaves.
8.
Identify
the new-won freedoms of African Americans.
9.
Why
was education important to former slaves?
10. How did African American volunteer
groups help their communities?
11. How were sharecroppers different from
tenant farmers?
12. Why was cotton no longer “king?”
13. How did the end of cotton as “king”
affect the South?
Chapter 12 Section 3: The Collapse of
Reconstruction
1.
Why
did the Ku Klux Klan develop?
2.
What
were the goals of the Ku Klux Klan?
3.
How
did the Klan achieve these goals?
4.
How
did Congress respond to the Ku Klux Klan?
5.
Describe
Grant’s presidency.
6.
Why
did Republican unity “shatter?”
7.
Why
did the Panic of 1873 begin?
8.
What
was the dispute over currency?
9.
How
was the currency dispute solved?
10. How did the Slaughterhouse Cases (1873) affect African Americans?
11. How did U.S. v. Reese (1876) affect the African Americans?
12. Who won the Election on 1876?
13. Identify 3 reasons Reconstruction can
be considered a failure.
14. Identify 3 reasons Reconstruction can
be considered a success.
15. What mistakes did Radical Republicans
make when trying to help former slaves during Reconstruction?
Chapter 12 Vocabulary
1.
Andrew Johnson
2.
Reconstruction
3.
Radical
Republicans
4.
Thaddeus
Stevens
5.
Freedman’s
Bureau
6.
Black
Codes
7.
14th
Amendment
8.
15th
Amendment
9.
Scalawag
10. Carpetbagger
11. Sharecropping
12. Tenant Farming
13. Ku Klux Klan
14. Panic of 1873
15. Redemption
16. Rutherford B. Hayes
Chapter 13 Questions
Chapter 13 Section 1: Native American
Cultures in Crisis
1.
Describe
the importance of horses to Native American cultures.
2.
Describe
the importance of buffalo to Native American cultures.
3.
Why
did settlers push westward?
4.
Explain
the Homestead Act.
5.
Why
was the Homestead Act passed?
6.
Describe
the Sandy Creek Massacre.
7.
Why
is Sitting Bull important?
8.
Why
is Custer important?
9.
Describe
Custer’s last stand.
10. What was the purpose of the Dawes Act?
11. Explain the Ghost Dance.
12. What was the importance of the Battle
of Wounded Knee?
Chapter 13 Section 2: The Growth of the
Cattle Industry
1.
Why
were railroads important to ranchers?
2.
Describe
the life of a cowboy.
3.
Explain
the purpose of the long drive.
Chapter 13 Section 3: Settling on the
Great Plains
1.
What
were the benefits of homesteading?
2.
Why
did the frontier close?
3.
What
were the differences between dugouts & soddies?
4.
How
did the Morrill Land Grant Acts assist people?
5.
Why
did farmers go into debt?
6.
How
did this debt affect farmers?
Chapter 13 Section 4: Farmers & the
Populist Movement
1.
Why
was there a demand for cheaper money?
2.
Why
were the railroads experiencing problems?
3.
Why
did the Grange Movement begin?
4.
What
were the goals of the Grange?
5.
Why
did Populism develop?
6.
What
were the goals of the Populist Party?
7.
How
did the Panic of 1893 affect Americans & American industry?
8.
Explain
the importance of Bryan’s “Cross of Gold” speech.
9.
Why
did Populism end?
Chapter 13 Vocabulary
1.
Great Plains
2.
Homestead
Act
3.
Exodusters
4.
Sitting
Bull
5.
George
Armstrong Custer
6.
Assimilation
7.
Dawes
Act
8.
Battle
of Wounded Knee
9.
Barbed
Wire
10. Homesteaders
11. Morrill Land Grant Acts
12. Bonanza Farms
13. The Grange
14. Populism
15. Bimetalism
16. William McKinley
17. William Jennings Bryan
18. “Cross of Gold” speech
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