Reconstruction

―The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. . . .‖ — 15th Amendment, Section 1, United States Constitution, 1870

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

Which action was an attempt by southern state governments after the Civil War to limit the rights of African Americans?

• 1. ratification of the 13th amendment

• 1. implementation of the Black Codes

• establishment of the Freedmen’s Bureau

• 1. impeachment of President Andrew Johnson

What was one reason the 14th and 15th amendments failed to prevent future racial segregation?

• 1. Most Northern abolitionists opposed the extension of these rights. 

• The Supreme Court refused to accept cases to interpret these amendments

• Radical Republicans in Congress stopped African Americans from voting

• The South was allowed to pass Jim Crow laws and restrict voting rights.

The “separate but equal” doctrine established by the Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) upheld the legality of

• 1. women's suffrage in state elections

• 1. the activities of the Ku Klux Klan

• 1. racial segregation in public facilities 

• 1. restrictions on voting rights of African Americans

The Radical Republicans in Congress opposed President Abraham Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction because Lincoln

• 1. called for the imprisonment of most Confederate leaders

• 1. rejected the idea of harsh punishments for the South

• 1. planned to keep Northern troops in the South after the war

• demanded immediate civil and political rights for formerly enslaved persons

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

• 1. suspending habeas corpus and denying women the right to vote

• 1. collecting poll taxes and requiring literacy tests

• establishing religious and property-holding requirements for voting

• 1. passing Black Codes and establishing segregated schools

One idea that both Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois supported is that 

• 1. African Americans should have increased civil rights

• 1. vocational training was the best approach to education

• 1. immigration was responsible for racial segregation

• 1. Jim Crow laws were needed to help African Americans

Which conclusion about presidential elections is supported by the information on this map?

• 1. Territories receive a minimum of three electoral votes.

• The geographically larger states receive more electoral votes.

• 1. Most northern states voted for the Democratic candidate.

• The popular vote does not solely determine the outcome of elections.

In the South, the passage of Jim Crow laws in the 1870s and 1880s led directly to the

• 1. racial integration of public schools

• 1. decline of the Democratic party

• 1. organization of the Ku Klux Klan

• 1. segregation of public facilities

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

• the plans for restoring Southern states to the Union

• 1. a proposal to repeal the Emancipation Proclamation

• reduction of the army and the navy to prewar levels

• 1. congressional efforts to pay the Confederate war debt