Reconstruction Unit 7

Who succeeded Lincoln as President?

• Ulysses Grant
• Andrew Jackson
• Millard Fillmore
• Andrew Johnson

Which of the following is NOT true about the Freedmen's Bureau?

• it was established to get supplies to war torn areas of the south.
• It helped many former slaves settle on their new pieces of land.
• It established schools to teach former slaves.
• It was never really effective in improving the conditions of southern black.

Whose plan for Reconstruction was a forgiving plan designed to bind the nations?

• Grant's
• Radical Republicans
• Lincoln's 
• Jackson's

Why did many Northern leaders oppose a lenient plan?

• It was going to allow blacks the same rights as white men
• It would say to the South that we forgive them.
• It would mean sharing the government with the South again.
• It would have allowed Confederate leaders back into office. 

Which of the following is NOT true about the black codes?

• African Americans could not vote.
• African Americans could not testify in court
• African American could be forced into slavery if they had no job.
• African Americans could be denied many rights of whites

Which amendment to the Constitution defined citizenship and equal protection of the law?

• 13th
• 15th
• 14th
• 16th

Why did many people turn to sharecropping after the Civil War?

• They did not want to be tenant farmers
• They chose not to pay high prices for land.
• They did not know how to farm on their own.
• They lacked the money to buy land for themselves.

Why was President Johnson Impeached?

• Because he did not agree with Radical plans for Reconstruction
• Because he had committed an illegal act
• Because he had accepted Southern brides
• Because he got in trouble with the White House intern.

Who was elected President after the failed impeachment?

• Grant
• Hayes
• Tilden 
• Douglas

What did the Compromise of 1877 really do?

• It pulled troops out of the South and ended Reconstruction.
• It admitted all states into the Union and ended Reconstruction.
• It gave Southern states permission to set up their own governments
• It ended martial law and restored basic civil rights