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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe purpose of the Freedman’s Bureau was toProvide 40 acres and a mule for each slave.Gain the vote for millions of former slaves.Provide work, education, and relief for former slaves.Get radical Republicans in positions of power in the South.
- 2. Multiple ChoiceIn American history, the term “Reconstruction” refers toProblems associated with the transformation to an industrial economy.The admission to Western territories to the U.S. as either Free or Slave states.Federal government intervention in the former Confederate states in order to monitor the treatment of former slaves.The establishment of a new system of agriculture in the western states and territories based on industrial machinery.
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified following which war?Civil WarVietnam WarWorld War IIAmerican Revolution.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these is the BEST example of Federal assistance to freed slaves following the Civil War?Wade-Davis BillThe White LeagueFreedman’s BureauThirteenth Amendment.
- 5. Multiple ChoiceIn 1877, President Rutherford B. Hayes withdrew the last federal troops form the capitals of the Reconstruction states. Which of these was an effect of this decision?President Hayes was impeached by Congress and removed from office.Support from the southern states help him win the re-election in 1881.More African-American politicians were elected to seats in the U.S. Congress.Subversive groups like the Ku Klux Klan and the Redeemers regained control of politics in the southern states.
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhich President saw the end of the Reconstruction Era?Andrew JohnsonJohn TildenUlysses S. GrantRutherford B. Hayes
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe “Compromise of 1877” regarding the election dispute between Hayes and Tilden is BEST characterized by which of these facts?Hayes was accepted as President and he appointed a Democrat to be his Vice President.The Democrats accepted Hayes in exchange for getting able to appoint the next Supreme Court Justice.The compromise failed and in a bitterly fought battle the House of Representatives elected Hayes as President.Southern Democrats wanted federal troops withdrawn from the South and voting rights for the freedmen decided by state governments.
- 8. Multiple ChoiceAndrew Johnson was impeached becauseSouthern States did not trust him.He removed a member of his cabinet.Democrats considered him a traitor.He violated the Civil Rights Act of 1865.
- 9. Multiple Choice
With which era of American history is this image MOST closely associated?Prohibition eraThe Civil War eraAbolition eraReconstruction era - 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich act denied the President the power to remove from office anyone who had been appointed by a past President without the advice and consent of the Senate?The Hatch ActThe War Powers ActThe Glass-Segall ActThe Tenure of Office Act
- 11. Multiple ChoiceDuring Reconstruction, the Black CodesProtected the Constitutional rights and liberties of freed slaves.Forced Congress to do the bidding of former Confederate politicians.Were enacted by the Radical Republicans to prevent racial discrimination in the South.Were laws pass by mainly Southern states to keep African Americans in a system of virtual slavery.
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these would have been a goal of the Ku Klux Klan in the south during Reconstruction?Making sure Reconstruction were smoothlyAssisting the scalawags and carpetbaggersEnsuring that freedmen had the right to voteRestoring southern Democrats to political power.
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the effect of the use of literacy tests throughout the South after the U.S. Civil War?Women were denied the right to vote.An increase in voter turnout by African Americans.The poor and African Americans not being allowed to vote.An increase in the power of the Republican Party in the South.
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhy did tenant farming become a dominant form of agriculture in the 1870s?Many Confederate prisoners were available for such work.The government offered landowners incentives to hire them.Masses of former slaves were needed to work for landowners.People flocked to the South for jobs following the Civil War.
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich statement regarding the era of Reconstruction is FALSE?The 13th Amendment outlawed slavery in all American statesState laws and customs upheld the constitutional amendmentsThe 14th Amendment made African-Americans citizens of the U.S.Federal law was changed to abolish slavery in states where it still existed.
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhich statement MOST ACCURATELY describes the political situation of African-Americans in the period of Reconstruction?African-Americans still had not won the rights to vote by 1977.African-Americans had political rights in the North, not the South.African-Americans were represented in state assemblies, but on the national level.African-Americans won Congressional and state legislative representation from Southern States.
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat group was created in 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee, for the purpose of preventing both programs of Reconstruction and laws promoting racial equality?Ku Klux KlanFreeman’s BureauKnow Nothing PartyWhite Citizens Council
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhen it was created, the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution ensured rights forWomen.Children.Native Americans.African Americans.
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhich is the BEST description of the status of race relations in the South in the years following Reconstruction?Following Reconstruction, African-Americans suffered through a resurgence of racial discrimination, terrorism, lynchings, and violence.Following Reconstruction, African-Americans experienced increased levels of freedom, civil rights and economic and political opportunities.Following Reconstruction, African-Americans enjoyed economic, political, and social opportunities equal to that of their white counterparts.Following Reconstruction, race relations between white and African-American populations were closely supervised and monitored by the Union Army.
- 20. Multiple ChoiceFollowing the American Civil War, northern cities saw an increase in population thanks in part toAn increase in Asian immigrants.Soldiers returning home from Europe.The flight of former slaves from the south.The migration of former Confederate soldiers.
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhich Amendment abolished slavery in the United States?13th Amendment14th Amendment15th Amendment16th Amendment
- 22. Multiple ChoiceA Confederacy actor who was angry over the Southern loss of the Civil War, and assassinated Abraham Lincoln at the Ford’s Theater in WashingtonLee Harvey OswaldJohn Wilkes BoothJames Earl RayHarry S Truman
- 23. Multiple ChoiceHayes agreed to support internal improvements for the South, and appoints a Southerner to the Cabinet and withdrew federal troops from the South.Compromise of 1877Ten Percent PlanWade-Davis BillPresidential Election of 1876
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhen the President breaks a federal law, and is put on trial in the Senate. If found guilty they can be removed from office.ReconstructionImpeachmentCongressional ReconstructionPresidential Reconstruction
- 25. Multiple ChoiceRadical Republican plan for reconstruction that gained popularity after the election of 1866.Congressional ReconstructionWade-Davis BillPresidential ReconstructionTen Percent Plan
- 26. Multiple ChoiceThe Republican who ran against Samuel J. Tilden and was awarded the election along straight party lines.Rutherford B. HayesUlysses S GrantAndrew JohnsonAbraham Lincoln
- 27. Multiple ChoiceLincoln’s plan for reconstructing the South. States had to complete three tasks before they could rejoin the Union.Congressional ReconstructionWade-Davis BillTen Percent PlanPresidential Reconstruction
- 28. Multiple ChoiceAfter Lincoln’s death, this was the continuation of his plan for reconstructing the South.Congressional ReconstructionTen Percent PlanWade-Davis BillPresidential Reconstruction
- 29. Multiple ChoiceChosen by President Abraham Lincoln to be Vice President for his Second Term in office, and after Lincoln’s assassination he became the President of the United StatesSamuel TildenUlysses S GrantAndrew JohnsonRutherford B. Hayes
- 30. Multiple ChoiceRequired 50% of the voters of a southern state to swear their loyalty to the United StatesCongressional ReconstructionWade-Davis BillTen Percent PlanPresidential Reconstruction
- 31. Multiple ChoiceStates that “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for a crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.13th Amendment14th Amendment15th Amendment16th Amendment
- 32. Multiple ChoiceDeclares that all people born or naturalized to the United States are citizens, including former slaves13th Amendment14th Amendment15th Amendment16th Amendment
- 33. Multiple ChoiceThis states that the rights of the 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 conditions of servitude13th Amendment14th Amendment15th Amendment16th Amendment
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