Reconstruction STAAR Review

Many historian argue that the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln changed the course of Reconstruction. Which of the following is usually cited as an aspect of that change?

• Radical Republicans took control of Congress

• Congress imposed taxes on cotton imports to pay war debts

• The Thirteenth Amendment was approved by Congress

• Congress repealed legislation regulating railroad construction

How were former Confederate leaders treated under the Radical Reconstruction plan?

• They were denied citizenship because it was believed they had started the war

• They were required to enlist in the U.S. Army for two years

• They were denied the ability to obtain political positions

• They were allowed to obtain federal loans to help restore the cotton industry

What was the main cause of the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson in 1868?

• His opposition to the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment

• His refusal to investigate reported criminal activity by the Union army during the Civil War

• His opposition to Radical Reconstruction policies for former Confederate states

• His refusal to use the Homestead Act to redistribute land to former slaves

After the Civil War, southern states adopted Black Codes to -

• punish plantation owners for the use of slavery

• support Radical Reconstruction objectives in the South

• promote the activities of the Freedmen's Bureau

• limit the impact of the Thirteenth Amendment

How did the Freedmen's Bureau most assist in the reconstruction of the South?

• By dividing large plantations and redistributing the property to former slaves

• By creating a militia to help enforce the voting rights of former slaves

• By offering legal assistance and public schooling to former slaves

• By petitioning the government to offer money to former slaves

What was an IMMEDIATE effect of this amendment?

• Many plantation owners attempted to recapture former slaves

• Many plantation owners were forced to give land to former slaves

• Many former slaves became sharecroppers to earn a living

• Many former slaves were awarded money by former Confederate leaders

Which of the following expresses a goal of the Reconstruction Acts of 1867?

• To restore the Democratic Party to power in the South

• To rebuild the plantation economy of the South

• To protect the rights of African Americans in the South

• To encourage former slaves to leave the South

This political cartoon comments on events that occurred during the -

• Reconstruction era

• Age of Jackson

• Second Great Awakening

• War of 1812

What is the "great act" referred to by Senator Sumner in this excerpt?

• The Senate's readmission of the last Confederate state

• The addition of Hiram Rhodes Revels to the U.S. Senate

• The Senate's acquittal of President Andrew Johnson

• The election of the first woman to the U.S. Senate

How did sharecropping affect farmers in the South during Reconstruction?

• By introducing new technology for growing food

• By expanding the region's dependence on corn production

• By making landowners buy supplies from the government

• By keeping renters in debt to landlords