PCSB Civil War & Reconstruction: Mini Assessment

What was a common goal of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the United States Constitution?

• Punishing the South for seceding from the Union

• Granting basic rights to formerly enslaved persons

• Allowing the states to veto federal laws

• Creating a 'separate but equal' society

Which actions did Southern States take to keep African Americans from exercising the rights guaranteed in this amendment?

• Suspending habeas corpus and denying women the right to vote

• Collecting poll taxes and requiring literacy tests

• Establishing religious and property-holding requirements for voting

• Passing Black Codes and establishing segregated schools

Why did the Radical Republicans in Congress oppose President Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction?

• Because it called for the imprisonment of most Confederate leaders

• Because it planned to keep Northern troops in the South after the war

• Because it rejected the idea of harsh punishments for the South

• Because it demanded immediate civil and political rights for formerly enslaved persons

After the Civil War, why did freedmen in the South have difficulty improving their economic conditions?

• Migration of factory workers from Northern cities had created competition for jobs

• The federal government confiscated their 40-acre grants

• The system of sharecropping kept them in a cycle of poverty

Why were Black Codes established in the South immediately after the Civil War?

• Integrate freedmen into American society

• Enforce the Emancipation Proclamation

• Expand educational opportunities

• Limit the rights of newly freed African Americans

After the Civil War, which of the following was a significant cause of conflict between President Andrew Johnson and the Radical Republicans in Congress?

• The plans for restoring Southern states to the Union

• A proposal to repeal the Emancipation Proclamation

• Reduction of the army and the navy to prewar levels

• Congressional efforts to pay the Confederate war debt

Which heading best completes the partial outline below?

• Rise of Sectionalism

• Impact of Industrialization

• Examples of Religious Revivalism

• Events Leading to the Mexican War

Which term refers to the idea that settlers had the right to decide whether slavery would be legal in their territory?

• Nullification

• Sectionalism

• Popular sovereignty

• Southern secession

What was the primary reason for the adoption of this amendment in 1868?

• Protect the rights of formerly enslaved persons

• Make it easier for immigrants to become citizens

• Extend suffrage to settlers on the Great Plains

• Require the federal government to pay the costs of Reconstruction

As the Civil War ended, which action was supported by President Abraham Lincoln and the Radical Republicans?

• Abolishing the institution of slavery by a constitutional amendment

• Passing Black Codes to guarantee equality for formerly enslaved persons

• Putting confederate leaders on trial for war crimes

• Ending the military occupation of the South immediately