Chapter 163. Reflections on Congressional Reconstruction, Chapter 16

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Correct. The answer is b. The author’s main point in this section of the chapter is that moderate and radical Republicans joined forces to wrest control of reconstruction from Andrew Johnson, resorting to legislation, military rule, presidential impeachment, and Constitutional amendments in order to eliminate Confederates’ influence and establish black equality in the South.

Incorrect. The answer is b. The author’s main point in this section of the chapter is that moderate and radical Republicans joined forces to wrest control of reconstruction from Andrew Johnson, resorting to legislation, military rule, presidential impeachment, and Constitutional amendments in order to eliminate Confederates’ influence and establish black equality in the South.

Correct. The answer is c. To validate his argument that moderate Republicans moved closer to radical Republicans’ agenda in the latter half of the 1860s, the author uses the example of the Military Reconstruction Act of 1867, a radical piece of legislation around which congressional Republicans united and passed over a presidential veto.

Incorrect. The answer is c. To validate his argument that moderate Republicans moved closer to radical Republicans’ agenda in the latter half of the 1860s, the author uses the example of the Military Reconstruction Act of 1867, a radical piece of legislation around which congressional Republicans united and passed over a presidential veto.

Correct. The answer is a. The author argues that Johnson’s and Southerners’ resistance to reconstruction efforts drove moderate Republicans to support radical Republicans’ agenda. Incidents such as Johnson’s repeated vetoes, the southern states’ refusal to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment, and anti-black violence in the South convinced moderate Republicans that the radicals were correct and built support for their cause.

Incorrect. The answer is a. The author argues that Johnson’s and Southerners’ resistance to reconstruction efforts drove moderate Republicans to support radical Republicans’ agenda. Incidents such as Johnson’s repeated vetoes, the southern states’ refusal to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment, and anti-black violence in the South convinced moderate Republicans that the radicals were correct and built support for their cause.

Correct. The answer is d. The author argues that, although Johnson claimed numerous reasons for his persistent refusal to yield control of reconstruction to Congress, his true goal was to “protect southern whites from what he considered the horrors of ‘Negro domination.’”

Incorrect. The answer is d. The author argues that, although Johnson claimed numerous reasons for his persistent refusal to yield control of reconstruction to Congress, his true goal was to “protect southern whites from what he considered the horrors of ‘Negro domination.’”

Correct. The answer is d. In order to demonstrate that congressional Republicans genuinely supported the goal of black voting rights in the South, the author explains that the Military Reconstruction Act of 1867 provided for black voter registration supervised by the Union military members who had occupied the South in 1867. Only after the military had completed voter registration would the states’ voters elect conventions to draw up new state constitutions, ratify the Fourteenth Amendment, and elect new members to the U.S. Congress.

Incorrect. The answer is d. In order to demonstrate that congressional Republicans genuinely supported the goal of black voting rights in the South, the author explains that the Military Reconstruction Act of 1867 provided for black voter registration supervised by the Union military members who had occupied the South in 1867. Only after the military had completed voter registration would the states’ voters elect conventions to draw up new state constitutions, ratify the Fourteenth Amendment, and elect new members to the U.S. Congress.

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