Unit 12 (Reconstruction) Review

This law set the framework for promoting equal citizenship regardless of race...

The main goal of the Freedmen's Bureau was to assist white Americans in a new society.

In general, the Republican party fought against civil rights reforms and for states' rights through the 1930s.

The Ten Percent Plan was proposed by Lincoln.

Challenge (no points): Which Supreme Court case ruled against public segregation?

This man was elected under questionable circumstances (but proved himself a capable president). Choose the BEST answer.

This law denied states the ability to restrict suffrage based on "race, color, or, previous condition of servitude"...

Johnson was one of only a few Southern senators who didn't resign during the Civil War.

These were individuals who worked against civil rights in the South.

Who or what ended Reconstruction?

Which was NOT a reason President Johnson was despised by Radical Republicans?

Ulysses S. Grant ascended to the presidency following Lincoln's death.

These were individuals who moved South during the Reconstruction.

These were white Republicans in the South.

"Exodusters" consisted of about 20,000 people who were led by Benjamin "Pap" Singleton.

Which type of government did African Americans generally vote for after the 15th Amendment was ratified?

The Election of 1876 involved disputed votes and secret negotiations.

The amendment that had to be ratified in Lincoln's plan was the 15th.

Which of the following BEST represents how Johnson worked against Radical Republicans?

What were Jim Crow laws?

Johnson spent the last months of his presidency trying and failing to veto legislation passed by Radical Republicans.

John Wilkes Booth assassinated the president in hopes of ending the war.

Which Supreme Court case ruled in favor of public segregation?

All of the following were aspects of the South that needed rebuilding following the Civil War, EXCEPT:

Literacy tests were first used in the South.

In which years did Reconstruction occur?

These were individuals who worked for drastic civil rights legislation in Congress.

The presidents of the Reconstruction era were bold, divisive, and controversial. Which was known for corruption?

The ___ was violated, leading to the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. It stated that Johnson ___.

Johnson was far more lenient to former Confederates than Lincoln.

This law banned slavery...

All of the following were components of the Tennessee Constitution of 1870, EXCEPT:

Which of the these was an education-based obstacle placed between African Americans and exercising the 15th Amendment?

The Great Migration lasted through the 1930s, when civil rights reforms started to make progress in the South.

What was the signature component of Lincoln's Reconstruction plan?

This law was most instrumental in defining citizenship without regard to ethnicity...

What was the period after the Civil War?

Which of the following most directly contributed to the creation of schools in the South?

Marriage between African Americans and white Americans was banned by Jim Crow laws throughout the South.

Which of the following was a challenge to Lincoln's plan that was presented by the early Radical Republicans?

Hiram Revels was the first African American elected to the Tennessee General Assembly

Laborers who were highly likely to become trapped in debt on farms in the Reconstruction era were known as sharecroppers

Johnson believed that the federal government alone should control Reconstruction.

Andrew Johnson took away 400,000 acres of land recently given to freedmen:

Who replaced Johnson as governor of Tennessee?

Which of the following was a component of Johnson's Reconstruction plan?

Which word is most closely associated with Radical Republicans?