TCI Lesson 23: The Reconstruction Era

Front

Lincoln's approach to the South at the end of the Civil War based on the quote: "With malice [hatred] toward none, with charity for all . . . let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds . . ."

Back

The South should be treated with kindness and justice

Front

What was NOT included in President Johnson's Reconstruction plan?

• cancellation of war debts
• new state constitutions for Confederate states
• ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment
• guarantee of voting rights for freedmen

Back

guarantee of voting rights for freedmen

Front

Which of these was a lasting effect of the Freedmen's Bureau?

• job security
• land distribution
• free medical care
• educational opportunity

Back

educational opportunity

Front

What was the purpose of the black codes?

Back

To control former enslaved people

Front

What was the purpose of the Thirteenth Amendment?

Back

to abolish slavery

Front

What does the Fourteenth Amendment guarantee to all individuals in the United States?

Back

equal protection of the law

Front

During Congressional Reconstruction, which group held political power in the South?

Back

people who had been loyal to the United States

Front

As a result of the Military Reconstruction Act of 1867, which of these made up the largest group of new Southern voters?

• African Americans
• white Southern Democrats
• former Confederate soldiers
• Northerners who moved to the South

Back

African Americans

Front

What was the purpose of the Fifteenth Amendment?

Back

to protect the voting rights of African American men

Front

What did Congress hope the Enforcement Acts would prevent? Options: misuse of tax money, attacks on political leaders, attempts to keep people from voting, opposition to new state governments

Back

attempts to keep people from voting