SSUSH10

Why did Congress want to impeach President Andrew Johnson?

• He favored more lenient Reconstruction policies than those favored by Radical Republicans.

• He favored military occupation to ensure Southern governments enforced Reconstruction policies.

• He favored the creation of the Freedmen's Bureau to assist freedmen and freedwomen in the South.

In what TWO ways did the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln affect Reconstruction policies?

• Former slaves were denied citizenship until they could prove their literacy.

• Confederate supporters received harsher punishments than they would have otherwise.

• Plantation owners were given back land that had been confiscated from them.

• The readmission of Southern states to the Union became more difficult and drawn-out.

• States governments determined whether to extend suffrage to African Americans.

Which of the following higher-education facilities was established in the Reconstruction-era South in order educate African Americans?

• Fisk College

• Florida College

• Bennett College

• Morehouse College

Which of the following was NOT a goal of the Freedmen's Bureau?

• to settle labor disputes and give legal advice to former slaves

• to establish schools to educate former slaves and help them find work

• to protest against the Southern states' treatment of African Americans

• to provide food, housing, and medical care to those in need in the South

The Freedmen's Bureau was a federal agency founded to help freedmen and freedwomen in the South acquire food, shelter, employment, and medical treatment. Based on this illustration, what was a main purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?

• to seize plantation owners' land and redistribute it to freed slaves

• to prevent violence between Confederate veterans and freed slaves

• to make sure that segregated public facilities in the South were equal

• to establish and run integrated state governments in the South

What is the historical significance of this amendment?

• It granted suffrage rights to African American men.

• It abolished the practice of slavery in the United States.

• It granted African Americans US citizenship.

• It banned segregation based on race in public facilities.

From which amendment is this text taken?

SECTION. 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

• the Thirteenth Amendment

• the Fourteenth Amendment

• the Fifteenth Amendment

• the Sixteenth Amendment

From which amendment is this text taken?

SECTION. 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

• the Thirteenth Amendment

• the Fourteenth Amendment

• the Fifteenth Amendment

• the Sixteenth Amendment

What is the historical significance of this amendment?

SECTION. 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have

been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

• It granted African Americans US citizenship.

• It granted suffrage rights to African American men.

• It abolished the practice of slavery in the United States.

• It banned segregation based on race in public facilities.

From which amendment is this text taken?

SECTION. 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the

United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

• the Thirteenth Amendment

• the Fourteenth Amendment

• the Fifteenth Amendment

• the Sixteenth Amendment