Lesson 25: Reconstruction Test Review

During Congressional Reconstruction, which group held political power in the South?

• Wealthy, white landowners

• Former Confederate leaders

• Members of the Ku Klux Klan

• People who had been loyal to the United States

What was the purpose of the Fifteenth Amendment?

• To give all citizens the right to vote

• To provide education for all citizens

• To raise taxes to repair damage to the South

• To protect the voting rights of African American men

How did African Americans who remained in the South improve their lives?

• They depended upon government welfare.

• They worked together to build communities.

• They received money from relatives in the North.

• They conducted violent protests to obtain rights.

Why did Southern Democrats pass Jim Crow laws?

• To ensure equal education for all

• To encourage Southerners to move to the North

• To separate African Americans and white people in public life

• To prevent African Americans from voting

All of these were included in President Johnson’s Reconstruction plan except

• Cancellation of war debts.

• New state constitutions for Confederate states.

• Ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment.

• Guarantee of voting rights for freedmen.

What was an effect of Southern poll tax laws?

• African Americans were denied voting rights.

• Money was raised to fund public education.

• Public funding of small businesses increased.

• Southern Democrats were voted out of office.

What was the purpose of the Thirteenth Amendment?

• To abolish slavery

• To provide citizenship to former enslaved people

• To allow freedmen to run for office

• To legislate fair treatment of all citizens

As a result of the Military Reconstruction Act 1867, which of these made up the largest group of new Southern voters?

• A. African Americans

• B. white Southern Democrats

• C. former Confederate soldiers

• D. Northerners who moved to the South

Why was the Ku Klux Klan formed?

• A. to integrate Southern schools

• B. to end government corruption

• C. to return white Democrats to power

• D. to protect the voting rights of Southerners

Which of these was a lasting effect of the Freedmen's Bureau?

• A. job security

• B. land distribution

• C. free medical care

• D. educational opportunity