Who won the presidential election for the Republicans in the fall of 1868?

Question

Ulysses S. Grant
Thaddeus Stevens
Andrew Johnson
George McClellan

Answer 1

Ulysses S. Grant.

Answer 2

The name _____ was given to northern whites who went south after the Civil War to start businesses or pursue political office.

freedmen
carpetbaggers
scalawags
opportunists

Answer 3

carpetbaggers

Answer 4

In 1869, Congress approved the _____ which barred all states from denying African American males the right to vote “on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”

Fifteenth Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment
Klan Acts
Impeachment Acts

Answer 5

Fifteenth Amendment.

Answer 6

The Radical Republicans tried to remove President Johnson from office through the process of _____, which is the bringing of formal charges against a public official.

treason
impeachment
Senate trial
character assassination

Answer 7

impeachment

Answer 8

As part of _____, Congress required that all southern states ratify the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and grant voting rights to African American men.

the Slavery Abolition Act
the Reconstruction Act of 1867
the Freedmen Acts
the black codes

Answer 9

the Reconstruction Act of 1867.