Review-Reconstruction

According to the passage, who was the 16th president of the United States who signed the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Andrew Johnson

What was the main purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation, as described in the passage?

• To declare that all enslaved persons in the Confederacy were to be freed.

• To end the Civil War immediately.

• To grant women the right to vote.

• To establish new states in the West.

Why did African Americans in some cities pool their funds to purchase land for Juneteenth celebrations?

• Because they were banned from using parks due to state-sponsored segregation laws.

• Because they wanted to build private schools for their children.

• Because they planned to start agricultural businesses.

• Because they needed land for housing developments.

What was one reason Juneteenth celebrations increased again during the second wave of the Great Migration (1940-1970)?

• Many African Americans continued the Juneteenth celebrations when they moved.

• Juneteenth became a federal holiday during this period.

• The Great Migration led to the end of segregation in the South.

• Juneteenth was celebrated only in northern states after the migration.

How many states recognize Juneteenth Independence Day as a holiday or special day of observance?

• All 50 states

• Only 13 states

• 25 states

• 40 states

Who were the three main groups or people with plans for how to rebuild the country after the Civil War?

• President Abraham Lincoln, Vice President Andrew Johnson, and the Radical Republicans in Congress.

• President Ulysses S. Grant, the Supreme Court, and Southern plantation owners.

• General Robert E. Lee, Frederick Douglass, and the Whig Party.

• The British Parliament, President Jefferson Davis, and the Abolitionists.

What was the name of President Lincoln’s plan to bring the South back into the Union?

• The 10% Plan

• The Wade-Davis Bill

• The Reconstruction Act

• The Southern Compromise

What did the Wade-Davis Bill require before a Southern state could rejoin the Union?

• 10% of voters promise loyalty

• 50% of voters promise loyalty

• End of slavery only

• Approval from the President

According to Johnson’s Plan, who had to ask the president for a special pardon?

• All Southerners

• Former Confederate leaders and rich Southerners

• Northern leaders

• African Americans

Fill in the blank: The 13th Amendment, which Southern states had to agree to, ended _______.

• slavery

• segregation

• women's suffrage

• prohibition