SSUSH 10 Quiz

What did President Lincoln hope to achieve with his Second Inaugural Address on March 4, 1865?

• to encourage the country to strive for understanding and peace

• to convince southerners they should surrender as quickly as possible

• to present a plan to establish military districts throughout southern states

• to express his desire that southern plantations be divided among former slaves.

What aspect of Lincoln's Reconstruction plan did the advocates of Radical Republican (Congressional) Reconstruction most strongly oppose?

• punishing the southern states for starting the Civil War

• making it very easy for southern states to rejoin the Union

• forcing the southern states to reimburse the treasury for the cost of the war

• establishing the Republican Party as the chief political party in southern states

Which president was charged with the task of carrying the nation through Reconstruction?

• Andrew Jackson

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Andrew Johnson

• Rutherford B. Hayes

Following the conclusion of the Civil War, which idea was of greatest priority to President Andrew Johnson?

• Black Americans should have the same rights as white Americans

• Congress should decide the Reconstruction policy.

• Southern states should be readmitted to the Union quickly.

• The federal government should have greater power over the states.

Which of these was NOT a part of the Radical Republican (Congressional) Reconstruction plan?

• The South was divided into military districts

• Ratification of the 14th Amendment

• Plantation owners had to give up a portion of their land to former slaves

• Voting rights for African American men

Food, clothing and education for newly freed slaves was provided by the

• Thirteenth Amendment

• Freedman's Bureau

• Congressional Reconstruction Acts

• Ku Klux Klan

Which of these had the effect of granting citizenship to former slaves?

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Thirteenth Amendment

• Fourteenth Amendment

• Fifteenth Amendment

How did the Fifteenth Amendment extend the voting rights of citizens?

• It gave African Americans the right to vote.

• It gave women the right to vote, regardless of race.

• It gave African American men and women the right to vote.

• It gave men the right to vote, regardless of race.

Which statement BEST expresses the goals of the Freedman's Bureau?

• to implement the Radical Republicans' Reconstruction plan

• to provide assistance to freed slaves and war refugees

• to speed the process of impeaching Andrew Johnson

• to help the Democratic Party regain control of the South

What was the purpose of the Ku Klux Klan after the Civil War?

• to promote education and build schools

• to serve as officials at voting polls

• to maintain Republican control of Southern state governments

• to promote white supremacy and inequality for newly freed men