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8th grade Reconstruction
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Reconstruction period following Civil War
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What was the
main
idea in the Reconstruction Act of 1867?
The south had to ratify the 14th Amend. to rejoin the Union
The president could not interfere with Reconstruction
citizenship was granted to all Freedmen
Former Confederates were given the right to vote
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What did Abraham Lincoln's 10% plan demand of the Confederates to be readmitted to the Union?
10% of voters in south had to swear support to Constitution
the south had to give 10% of their land to the freedmen
Confederate slave owners had to free 10% of their slaves
Confederate states had to pay 10% of the costs of the war
3
What right was granted by the 15th Amendment?
right to vote regardless of race
right to trial by jury
citizenship to all immigrants
freedom from slavery
4
Why did the Radical Republicans begin to lose power in Congress after 1876?
Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner were assassinated
There were scandals and northerners wanted to help economy
northerners were distracted by the election of 1867
most of the goals of Reconstruction had been met
5
How did many poor Black Americans manage to earn a living in the south after the Civil War?
factory work
shipbuilding
sharecropping
logging
6
What was the decision in
Plessy v. Ferguson?
separate but equal facilities were legal-Segregation
states could deny blacks the right to vote
literacy tests were a legal way to determine who could vote
segregation was illegal under any circumstance
7
In the U.S. , violence as a means of achieving goals has been associated with what group?
Ku Klux Klan
NAACP
National Rifle Association
Veterans of Foreign Wars
8
Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?
Jefferson Davis
Thaddeus Stevens
Aaron Burr
John Wilkes Booth
9
What was President Lincoln's reason for refusing to sign the Wade-Davis Bill?
it readmitted all Confederate states immediately
it was too similar to Lincoln's 10% plan
it repealed the Emancipation Proclamation
the Bill would have been harsh on former Confederate States
10
What name was given to the Northerners who went south in search of work after the Civil War?
carpetbaggers
sharecroppers
tenant farmers
scalawags
11
Many Southern states segregated freed blacks in public facilities by passing the
Ku Klux Klan Act
Civil Rights Act
Jim Crow Laws
Wade-Davis Bill
12
What Union general was elected president in 1868?
Robert E. Lee
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
Stonewall Jackson
13
What caused the House of Representatives to impeach President Andrew Johnson?
his serious criminal actions
his disagreements with Congress over Reconstruction
his close association with the Radical Reconstructionists
his friendship of Thaddeus Stevens
14
What term describes the practice of separating black children from white children in schools?
segregation
impeachment
integration
reconstruction
15
What was the purpose of the Black codes?
to oppose the actions of the Ku Klux Klan
to limit the political power of the freedmen
to support the actions of the Radical Republicans
to support blacks in establishing their own businesses
16
Who became president after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?
James Buchanan
Hannibal Hamlin
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
17
What name were former slaves commonly called after the Civil War?
scalawags
carpetbaggers
vigilantes
freedmen
18
What action was taken against Andrew Johnson in 1868?
removal from office
impeachment
censure
deportation
19
What law completely abolished slavery in all regions of the United States?
13th Amendment
Emancipation Proclamation
15th amendment
14th Amendment
20
Whose election to the presidency in 1876 ended the Reconstruction?
Andrew Johnson
Rutherford B. Hayes
Samuel Tilden
Ulysses S. Grant
21
What name was given to Southerners who supported Reconstruction after the Civil War?
democrats
carpetbaggers
sharecroppers
scalawags
22
What did the 14th Amendment to the Constitution enact?
citizenship to former slaves
abolition of slavery
right to vote to former slaves
repayment of war debts by Confederate states
23
How did the Freedmen's Bureau help the newly-freed slaves?
by providing them passage back to Africa
by securing them the right to vote
by declaring that former slaves were citizens
by creating schools for them
24
What goal did the Radical Republicans have for the south after the Civil War?
to reunite the North and South as quickly as possible
to reimburse the South for losses suffered during the war
to protect newly-freed blacks
to allow the south to manage its own affairs
25
Which of the following methods was used to keep blacks from voting?
veto
boycotts
literacy tests
nullification
