Political Impacts of Reconstruction Quiz

1. Southerners who supported the Republican Party were called ________________, and some hoped to be voted into office for selfish reasons.

2. Lincoln’s Reconstruction plan required 10% of voters in Southern states to make an oath of ________________ to rejoin the Union.

3. All citizens born or naturalized in the US were US citizens (except Native Americans) under the ______ ________________.

4. Johnson was accused of misconduct while in office, so he was ________________.

5. ________________ ________________ were angry because Johnson ________________ ex-Confederate officials who were elected to serve on Congress.

6. Southern states passed ________________ ________________, which took away the rights of African Americans, and they could be arrested as a ________________ if they did not sign yearly labor contracts.

7. Northerners who moved south were called ________________, and most white Southerners believed they only wanted to exploit the South to get rich.

8. The ______ ________________ abolished slavery.

9. The ________________ ________________ was established to help African Americans, poor whites, and Native Americans affected by the Civil War.

10. Reconstruction officially ended with the election of 1876 when Democrats were in control of all Southern states, and their ________________ of the South was complete.