Reconstruction Review

Multiple Choice

Which is the best description of Reconstruction?

• rebuilding the US after a big earthquake
• a period of rebuilding in the US after the Revolutionary War
• a period of rebuilding in the US after the Civil War
• unfair treatment of African Americans after the Civil War

Multiple Choice

Abraham Lincoln believed...

• African Americans needed Constitutional Amendments to guarantee voting rights
• in the southern cause
• southern states should have to prove their loyalty after the war
• preservation of the Union was more important than punishing the south

Multiple Choice

What group of politicians felt that Pres. Lincoln was going "too soft" on the South?

• Southern Republicans

• Demonstrative Democrats

• Radical Republicans

• None of the above

Multiple Choice

The purpose of the Freedman's Bureau was to

• provide 40 acres and a mule for each slave.

• gain the vote for millions of former slaves.

• provide work, education, and relief for former slaves.

• get radical Republicans in positions of power in the South.

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The 13th Amendment ...

• banned slavery
• grants voting rights
• grants citizenship and equal protection
• restores Confederate rights

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What were Andrew Johnson's reconstruction policies?

• Johnson's reconstruction policies were lenient and did not prioritize the rights of freed slaves.

• Johnson's reconstruction policies were strict and prioritized the rights of freed slaves.

• Johnson's reconstruction policies were moderate and balanced the rights of freed slaves and former Confederates.

• Johnson's reconstruction policies were non-existent and he did not take any action to address the issues of the Reconstruction era.

Multiple Choice

Following the passage of the 13th Amendment, many Southern state governments enacted Black Codes.

When the Radical Republicans in Congress took control of Reconstruction, they responded to the discriminatory Black Codes by passing the --

• Civil Rights Acts of 1866

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Reconstruction Acts

• Articles of Impeachment for Andrew Johnson.

Multiple Choice

During the Reconstruction Era many Radical Republicans passed legislative reforms that were designed to --

• support the passage of the black codes in the former Confederate states

• actively resist the Wade-Davis Bill that granted equal rights to African Americans

• give economic opportunities and political rights to the newly freed slaves

• create lenient measures to make it easy for the southern states to rejoin the Union

Multiple Choice

Which of the following presidents was the first ever President to be impeached during Reconstruction for firing the Secretary of War who was in charge of the military districts of the South?

• Rutherford B. Hayes

• Ulysses Grant

• Andrew Johnson

• Samuel Tilden

Multiple Choice

The 14th Amendment granted...

• freedom of speech
• citizenship and equal protection
• the right to vote
• the right to a speedy and fair trial

Multiple Choice

Which of these amendments gives citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color or previous condition of servitude?

• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment
• 18th Amendment

Multiple Choice

Who could hold public office in the south during Reconstruction?

• African Americans
• Confederate Leaders
• Southern Women
• American Indians

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was NOT a role of the Freedman's Bureau?

• Hunting down Confederates

• Registering marriages

• Establishing schools

• Negotiating contracts

Multiple Choice

The Ku Klux Klan was a group that believed...

• in white supremacy
• in equality for all
• in black supremacy
• in southern supremacy

Multiple Choice

The Presidential Election of 1876 resulted in...

• military supervision of the south
• the restoration of voting rights for white southerners
• the end of Reconstruction in the south
• equal rights for African Americans

Multiple Choice

Reconstruction lasted about

• 1 year

• 10 years

• 50 years

• 100 years

Multiple Choice

Carpetbaggers were...

• Newly freed slaves
• Southern Republicans
• Confederate Soldiers
• Northerners who took advantage of southern economic hardships 

Multiple Choice

Organizations like these worked for which of these goals? 

• To encourage southerners to fight against the Union 
• to legalize discrimination against African 
  Americans
• To encourage African American education
• to promote Confederate rights

Multiple Choice

Black code laws were created to help African American during Reconstruction (T/F)

• False

• True

Multiple Choice

At the end of Reconstruction, newly freed African Americans saw

• little improvement in their economic and social status

• major improvement in their economic and social status

• little improvement in their economic but major improvement in their economic status

• major improvement in their economic but little improvement in their social status