Reconstruction

Reconstruction

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Multiple Choice

This political cartoon comments on events that occurred during the -

• Age of Jackson

• Second Great Awakening

• Reconstruction era

• Civil War

Multiple Choice

Many historians argue that the assassination of President Lincoln changed the course of Reconstruction. Which of the following is usually cited as an aspect of that change?

• Radical Republicans took control of Congress.

• Congress imposed taxes on cotton.

• The Thirteenth amendment was approved by Congress.

• Congress repealed the legislation regulation railroad construction.

Multiple Choice

What was the main cause of the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson in 1868?

• His opposition to the Thirteenth amendment.

• His refusal to investigate reported criminal activity by the Union army during the Civil War.

• His opposition to the Radical Reconstruction policies for former Confederate states.

Multiple Choice

What was the main cause of the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson in 1868?

• His opposition to the Thirteenth amendment.

• His refusal to investigate reported criminal activity by the Union army during the Civil War.

• His opposition to the Radical Reconstruction policies for former Confederate states.

Multiple Choice

How did the Freedmen's Bureau most assist in the reconstruction of the South?

• By dividing large plantations and redistributing the property to former slaves

• By creating a militia to help enforce the voting rights of former slaves

• By offering legal assistance and public schooling for former slaves

• By petitioning government to give money to former slaves

Multiple Choice

After the Civil War, states adopted Black Codes to -

• punish plantation owners

• support Radical Reconstruction objectives

• limit the impact of the Thirteenth amendment

Multiple Select

What are the Reconstruction Amendments? (Check all that apply)

• granted African American men the right to vote

• all persons born in the United States (except American Indians) were citizens

• freed all enslaved people without compensation to slave owners

• all citizens were entitled to equal rights regardless of their race

Multiple Choice

How did President Lincoln succeed in permanently abolishing the practice represented by the tree in this cartoon?

• By ordering the use of popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery.

• By encouraging an armed rebellion in the South

• By promoting the passage and ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment.

Multiple Choice

The Fifteenth Amendment was ratified in order to -

• establish legal requirements for the education of former slaves.

• mandate fair labor contracts for African Americans.

• abolish the institution of slavery.

• protect the voting rights of African American men.

Fill in the Blanks

The election of Hiram Rhodes Revels in 1870 was significant because he was the first African American to serve as a member of the U.S.

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Multiple Choice

The measures in this list are examples of ways southern states weakened the effects of the -

• Compromise of 1850

• Fifteenth Amendment

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Dred Scott v. Sandford decision