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- 1. Multiple Choice
What rights are protected in the 13th amendment?
End the practice of slavery
Establish who is a US Citizenship
Voting rights
Term limits on presidency
- 2. Multiple Choice
What rights are protected by the 14th amendment?
End the practice of slavery
Establish who is a US Citizen
Voting rights
Term limits on presidency
- 3. Multiple Choice
What rights are protected by the 15th amendment?
End the practice of slavery
Establish who is a US citizen
Voting rights
Term limits on presidency
- 4. Multiple Choice
What generalization can be made about the purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution?
They intended to keep African Americans in the same status as slaves.
They tried to help African Americans achieve equal rights.
They led to the end of Reconstruction in the South.
They wanted to ease the burden of Reconstruction on white Southerners.
- 5. Multiple Choice
How did the political changes during Reconstruction expand democracy in the United States?
It made it possible for all men and women to vote and hold political office.
It gave southern states more representation in Congress.
It allowed for the direct election of senators to Congress.
It made it possible for African American men to vote and hold political office.
- 6. Multiple Choice
This is a list of actions that occurred to due to the addition of an amendment to the Constitution. Which amendment is responsible for changes in this list?
12th Amendment
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
- 7. Multiple Choice
This is the text from one of the "Reconstruction Amendments" ratified after the Civil War. How did this amendment impact the lives of African Americans?
It granted them equal voting rights.
It provided them with full citizenship rights.
It encouraged them to become share croppers.
It prevented them from using the court system.
- 8. Multiple Choice
This illustration appeared on the cover of Harper's Weekly on November 16, 1867, and is entitled The First Vote. This illustration marks the effect of which constitutional amendment?
12th Amendment
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
- 9. Multiple Choice
What goal influenced the Radical Republicans actions after the Civil War?
preventing blacks from gaining voting rights in the South
helping southern whites maintain political power
supporting the initiatives of the new president, Andrew Johnson
punishing the Confederate states for their role in the Civil War
- 10. Multiple Choice
This statement was made by President Andrew Johnson. Based on this statement, what does Johnson feel is the main goal of Reconstruction?
avenging the death of President Lincoln
protecting the civil rights of newly freed slaves
giving everyone an opportunity for political power in the South
reuniting the states into one nation quickly
- 11. Multiple Choice
Why did radical Republicans push for the impeachment of President Johnson?
He had been involved in a corrupt railroad scandal.
He opposed many of their ideas about Reconstruction.
He used fraud to win the election.
He had fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War.
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which group was most likely to support the Democratic Party during Reconstruction?
scalawags
African Americans
carpetbaggers
wealthy landowners
- 13. Multiple Choice
This image shows a poll tax receipt issued in 1896. What was the intended effect of the requirement for this payment?
to raise money to fund schools for freedmen
to ensure that only citizens were voting
to limit corruption and voter fraud
to prevent newly freed slaves from voting
- 14. Multiple Choice
This chart compares the major features of Reconstruction plans. Based on this chart, who benefited the most from the transition to Congressional Reconstruction?
wealthy southerners
former Confederate generals
newly freed African Americans
carpetbaggers
- 15. Multiple Choice
What is the primary reason that Radical Republicans opposed President Abraham Lincoln's Reconstruction plan?
Lincoln's plan offered amnesty to most Confederates that would swear allegiance to the United States.
They felt that Lincoln's plan was too harsh on Confederates that committed crimes against the Union during the war.
The disapproved of Lincoln's plan to require the South to make reparation payments to the government.
They believed that Lincoln's plan gave too much freedom to former slaves following the civil war.
- 16. Multiple Choice
How could President Abraham Lincoln's approach to Reconstruction best be summarized?
an effort to punish the South for their role in the Civil War
a compromise to delegate Reconstruction to Congress
an effort to follow the South's plan for Reconstruction
a way to make it relatively easy for the South to return to the Union
- 17. Multiple Choice
Why did southern states pass laws known as black codes?
to restrict the freedom of African American
to encourage African Americans
to leave the South to meet Congress' conditions for readmission
to the union to help get more minorities elected to office
- 18. Multiple Choice
What was the main purpose of requiring literacy tests and poll taxes in order to vote in elections in the South?
to ensure that only people who owned property could vote
to ensure that only people who understood the issues could vote
to prevent women from voting
to prevent African Americans from voting
- 19. Multiple Choice
After the Civil War, how did sharecropping impact the South?
It provided money that was used to build factories.
It kept the former slaves in an inferior economic status.
It equally distributed farm land between the rich and the poor.
It encouraged poor Northerners to move south to farm.
- 20. Multiple Choice
Why was the Freedman's Bureau established by Congress during the Reconstruction Era?
to help white Southerners regain their voting rights
to ensure that African Americans were elected
to office to provide benefits to veterans on both sides of the war
to assist newly freed slaves in obtaining basic resources
- 21. Multiple Choice
What did Slave Codes, Black Codes, and Jim Crow laws all have in common?
They were all laws passed in the North to stop integration.
They forced African Americans to work without payment.
They all limited the movement and freedoms of African Americans.
They all prevented African Americans from marrying.
- 22. Multiple Choice
This is an excerpt from an act passed by Congress in 1865. In which area was this act the most successful?
providing free farmland and tools
to the former slaves establishing schools and teaching former slaves
to read and write ensuring that the former slaves received equal rights with white citizens preventing
white Southerners from using violence against the former slaves
- 23. Multiple Choice
This political cartoon suggests that life for African Americans in the South did not improve after the Civil War. Why does the artist of this cartoon believe the situation got worse?
The federal government passed laws to prevent African Americans from voting and attending school.
Anti-African American groups used intimidation and violence to prevent former slaves from prospering.
Radical Republicans in Congress did not care about helping the former slaves.
Former slaves did not have the skills and training to be successful farmers.
- 24. Multiple Choice
This quote was made by Nathan Bedford Forrest. In this quote Forrest is describing the actions of which organization that operated in the South during Reconstruction?
Ku Klux Klan
Carpetbaggers
Red Shirts
White League
- 25. Multiple Choice
Some people from the North moved to the South during Reconstruction. How were these people treated by most southerners?
They were accepted by many southerners because they had skills in education and industry.
They were forced to leave after being denied jobs and homes in the South.
They were seen as outsiders who were taking advantage of the post-war opportunities.
They were welcomed as their aid was greatly needed in the post-war South.
- 26. Multiple Choice
What derogatory nickname was given to northerners who came to the South following the Civil War?
Carpetbaggers
Radical Republicans
Reconstructionists
Scalawags
- 27. Multiple Choice
What event marked the end of Reconstruction?
the agreement allowing Rutherford B. Hayes to become president
the ratification of the 15th Amendment by all southern states
the readmission of the last southern state back into the union
the beginning of the economic Panic of 1873
- 28. Multiple Choice
Which factor contributed most to the successful enforcement of Reconstruction policies?
public support for the Democratic Party
a compromise between Congress and the president
pressure from Great Britain
the enactment of military rule in the South
- 29. Multiple Choice
The Compromise of 1877 had what effect on the southern states?
The compromise removed Jim Crow laws in southern states.
The compromise gave African Americans government jobs.
The compromise withdrew federal troops from the South.
The compromise added more troops to the southern states.
- 30. Multiple Choice
As a result of the Compromise of 1877, Rutherford B. Hayes became president in exchange for what action?
the removal of all federal troops from the South
the granting of federal funds for construction and improvement projects in the South
the promise of Democrats to respect African Americans' civil and political rights
all other answers are correct
- 31. Multiple Choice
This is an excerpt from the inauguration speech given by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1877. How were African Americans in the South impacted by the situation Hayes described in this speech?
African Americans lost the political gains they had experienced during Reconstruction.
African American men gained voting rights through the ratification of the 15th Amendment.
Several African Americans were elected to serve on the committee Hayes mentioned.
Many African Americans were able to run for political offices in southern states.
- 32. Multiple Choice
This chart lists some characteristics of the time period of 1865-1877. Which statement best completes this chart?
The majority of African Americans moved to new territories in the West.
Some African Americans moved west, but many stayed near the plantations where they had lived and worked as slaves.
Very few African Americans remained near the plantations where they had been slaves, choosing instead to move to other states to start over.
The majority of African Americans moved to the North to take industrial jobs.
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