Reconstruction

What was the purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

• to create equality for all Americans

• to ensure equal distribution of power between National and State government.

• to limit the power of the federal government

• to give all people the right to vote

Lincoln's "10 Percent Plan" dealt with

• his idea for instituting an income tax.

• how to draft more men into the Union Army.

• re-admitting Southern states into the Union.

• his quest to reconquer only 10% of the South

This system of agriculture developed in the late 19th century, in which a landowner allowed a tenant to use the land in return for a portion of what was produced. It was called

• slash and burn farming

• share cropping

• rent farming

• farm to fork farming

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.

Presidential Reconstruction following the American Civil War can BEST be described as

• a plan to fix the damage to the White House caused by the Civil War.

• a desire to rebuild the southern states quickly to help control the economy.

• a desire to rebuild the country quickly and without ill feelings following the war.

• a desire to punish those southerners responsible for causing and/or prolonging the war.

Following the Civil War, ___ were very common in Southern agriculture, bringing with them work tools and work animals.

• freedman

• sharecroppers

• tenant farmers

• land owners

What group was created in 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee, for the purpose of preventing both the programs of Reconstruction and laws promoting racial equality?

• Freedman's Bureau

• Ku Klux Klan

• Know Nothing Party

• White Circle Council

Racial tensions continued in Georgia, even after African Americans were granted citizenship by the Fourteenth Amendment. This was evidenced by their removal from the Georgia General Assembly in 1868. What did it take for this removal to finally be reversed, allowing black citizens to serve in the Georgia Assembly again?

• The U.S. Congress penalized white Georgia Assembly members through heavy taxation

• White Assembly members had to be physically removed and placed in jail for a year.

• Black leaders led protests near the U.S. Congress meetings, demanding federal help.

• The U.S. Congress had to pass an act, and sent in military support to help maintain order

The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified following which war?

• The Civil War

• The Vietnam War

• The American Revolution

• The Spanish American War

The period of rebuilding of The South after The Civil War was known as

• The Renaissance

• Reconstruction

• The Guilded Age

• The Industrial Revolution