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- 1. Multiple ChoiceReconstruction refers to the period in whichThe South was brought back into the UnionThe Civil War was foughtAfrican Americans were enslavedRepublicans lost power
- 2. Multiple ChoiceOne goal of Radical Republicans was toprovide support for the black codesbreak the power of the southern plantersoffer support for President Johnsonprevent the passage of the 15th amendment
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitutionabolished slavery in the U.S.gave African Americans the right to votegranted citizenship rights to those born/naturalized in the U.S.gave land to the freedmen
- 4. Multiple ChoiceCongress impeached President Johnson because they feared he wouldrefuse to enforce Reconstruction lawswin the election of 1865attack Black Codesallow African Americans to vote
- 5. Multiple ChoiceDuring the Reconstruction era, one reason for the formation of the Ku Klux Klan was toprevent formerly enslaved persons from exercising their rightsencourage immigration from southern and eastern Europesupport the South during the Civil Wareliminate sharecropping in Southern states
- 6. Multiple ChoiceAfter the Civil War, which allowed African Americans to vote?the 15th amendmentLiteracy teststhe 14th amendmentthe Grandfather clause
- 7. Multiple ChoiceAfter Reconstruction, white Southerners regained control of the Southern state governments byending the Black Codeslimiting the voting rights of African Americansforcing most African Americans to move Northlimiting the sharecropping system
- 8. Multiple ChoiceLincoln could not carry out his plan for Reconstruction becausehe was disliked by the Southhe was assassinated shortly after the end of the warhe was defeated for re-electionhe was against slavery
- 9. Multiple ChoiceNortherners who moved to the South during Reconstruction were known ascarpetbaggersscalawagsloyalistsfreedmen
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following amendments said that states could not pass laws that take away a citizen's rights?13th amendment14th amendment15th amendment16th amendment
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat was a major duty of the Freedman's Bureau?to return former slaves to their mastersto help Southern states form new governmentsto help former slaves get an education and find a jobto help Southern plantation owners find a new source of labor
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following did NOT take place during reconstruction?former slaves gained citizenshipsoldiers helped southern blacks register to voteold leaders lost much of their power in the Southmost Southern whites willingly accepted how the African American rights were changing
- 13. Multiple ChoiceEach of the following statements describes the South during Reconstruction EXCEPTSouthern women could voteNorthern soldiers supervised the SouthSouthern military leaders could not hold public officeSoutherners saw industrial growth, particularly in the textile industry
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhen Reconstruction began, Abraham Lincoln's main goal was toquickly restore the Unionpunish the South for secedingdeny African Americans the right to votestation federal troops throughout the South
- 15. Multiple ChoiceOne reason the Radical Republicans began to lose power was thatmany northerners lost interest in changing the Souththe southern states were recovering on their owngroups like the Freedman's Bureau did not support their policiesPresident Grant asked them to step down
- 16. Multiple ChoiceThe Reconstruction plan that eventually went into effect wasLincoln's planJohnson's planRadical Republican's planGrant's plan
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhich is the best word to describe Lincoln's original plan for Reconstruction, which Johnson largely followed?vindictiveharshlenientunfair
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhy did new Republican governments in the South after the civil war have difficulty?African Americans resented interference from Northern carpetbaggersSlavery remained in force in many Southern statesMany white Southerners refused to accept equal rights for blacksAfrican Americans did not hold office at the state or local level
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhy did the federal government eventually send troops into the South?to keep Confederate veterans from forming a new Southern armyto limit acts of violence and voter intimidation against African Americansto protect the land farmed by African American sharecroppersto put down riots caused by bank failures during the Panic of 1873
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