Reconstruction Summative Assessment

What was the goal of Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction?

• to punish the South for its role in the Civil War

• to prevent future secession by restricting states' rights

• to readmit former Confederate states to the Union as quickly as possible

• to allow the federal government to take control of Southern agricultural land

Compared to the President Lincoln's plan, the Congressional plan for Reconstruction placed greater emphasis on which TWO goals?

• punishing the South for its role in the Civil War

• assisting in the economic recovery of the South

• protecting the rights extended to African Americans

• enforcing segregation to prevent racial violence

• readmitting states to the Union as quickly as possible

The Freedmen's Bureau's most lasting success was

• ending racial segregation through successful lawsuits.

• ending the South's reliance on sharecropping for labor.

• helping the Southern economy recover after the Civil War.

• expanding educational opportunities for African Americans.

How did federal government respond to the Georgia Assembly’s expulsion of its African American members during Reconstruction?

• The Supreme Court ruled that the federal government could not legally intervene in the matter.

• The Senate censured the governor for allowing and supporting the actions of the assembly.

• The president vetoed a congressional bill that would have expelled Georgia’s representatives from Congress.

• The US Congress deemed the state unreconstructed and rejected its readmission to the United States.

How did the federal government respond when former Confederate states refused to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment?

• The Ku Klux Klan was outlawed by the federal government.

• Plantation owners were forcefully relocated to the American West.

• The Democratic Party was banned from participating in state elections.

• The South was split into military districts and governed under martial law.

Which statement BEST explains the rise of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in Georgia in the 1860s?

• The KKK established hospitals and schools throughout the state to improve the quality of life in poor communities.

• Many business owners in Georgia were concerned about declining profits and growing power of labor unions.

• The KKK argued that federal troops were ineffective in maintaining law and order in Georgia during Reconstruction.

• Many white Southerners felt threatened by the growing political and economic power of African Americans in the state.

What were Southern states required to do before applying for readmission to the Union following the Civil War?

• pay reparations to all Black Americans in their territory

• arrest and imprison all Confederate officers and politicians

• ratify the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments

• adopt laws banning discrimination against Black Americans

What precondition did President Andrew Johnson set for readmitting Confederate states into the Union?

• Ten percent of the state's government-owned land must have been distributed to former slaves.

• Ten percent of the state's war reparation debt had to be paid to the federal government.

• Ten percent of the state's legislators must have been ineligible to vote prior to the Civil War.

• Ten percent of the state's population had to swear an oath of allegiance to the United States.

What was one success of the Freedmen's Bureau during Reconstruction?

• It created the first public school system in Georgia

• It made sure that segregated public facilities were equal.

• It helped Democrats take control of Southern governments.

Established in 1865, the Freedmen's Bureau was a federal agency whose primary aim was to

• aid poor Southerners and former slaves.

• increase agricultural production in the Midwest.

• establish rules and regulations for freed men in the United States.

• strengthen the Northern economy by providing jobs to immigrants.