Lesson 23 Reconstruction

Lesson 23 Reconstruction

Please read and take notes while answering the questions

Multiple Choice

How long did Reconstruction in the South last?

• 1 year

• 5 years

• 10 years

• 12 years

Multiple Choice

Based on the quote below, which describes Abraham Lincoln’s approach to the South at the end of the Civil War?

"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 . . ."

• The South should be punished for its part in the war.

• The South should be treated with kindness and justice.

• The South should ratify the Fourteenth Amendment.

• The South should pay for property damage caused by the war.

Multiple Choice

What was the Ten Percent (10%) plan?

• All citizens get 10 percent more land for their homes

• Gave most Southerners a pardon from their illegal acts they committed before and during the Civil War

• Gave Northerners 10 percent more money to manufacture more goods

• Gave territories 10 percent more money to open up towns in the west

Multiple Choice

What does the 13th Amendment say?

• Slavery shall continue for 20 more years

• Slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist with the United States

• Slavery shall only exist in northern states from Michigan to Maine

• Slavery shall only exit in Texas

Multiple Choice

With the approval of the 13th amendment, African Americans could do everything EXCEPT...

• Vote

• Legalize their marriages

• Look for long lost family members sold into slavery

• Travel to new areas

Multiple Choice

Which of these was a lasting effect of the Freedmen’s Bureau

(that you STILL SEE TODAY)?

• job security

• land distribution

• free medical care

• educational opportunity

Multiple Choice

Who became the 17th President of the United States...after Abraham Lincoln's assassination?

• Andrew Jackson

• Andrew Johnson

• Andrew Williams

• Andrew Jones

Multiple Choice

Andrew Johnson went against Lincoln's plans to give African Americans fair and equal rights.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What was the purpose of the black codes?

• to control former slaves

• to provide fair wages for freedmen

• to reconstruct the plantation system

• to teach language skills to freedmen

Multiple Choice

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

• the right to vote

• the right to medical care

• equal protection of the law

• separate but equal public facilities

Multiple Choice

Why was President Johnson impeached?

• He wanted to step down as president.

• People did not like his hate speech about African Americans.

• He broke laws and fired the Secretary of War

• He did nothing wrong, he was just hated by Congress

Multiple Choice

At his impeachment trail, was he found guilty of his crimes?

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

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

• wealthy, white landowners

• people who had been loyal to the United States

• former Confederate leaders

• members of the Ku Klux Klan

Multiple Choice

What was the purpose of the Fifteenth Amendment?

• to give all citizens the right to vote

• to protect the voting rights of African American men

• to provide education for all citizens

• to raise taxes to repair damage to the South

Multiple Choice

As a result of the Military Reconstruction Act 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

Multiple Choice

After Ulysses S. Grant was elected president and the Fifteenth Amendment was passed, which group began to earn more political power with the Republicans?

• Northerners

• Southern Whites

• African Americans

• Women

Multiple Choice

Why was the Ku Klux Klan formed?

• to return white Democrats to power

• to integrate Southern schools

• to end government corruption

• to protect the voting rights of Southerners

Multiple Choice

Why did Reconstruction end?

• The country and the South was all fixed.

• There were many attacks on political leaders

• State governments wanted it to end.

• the country was failing, with businesses and people filing for bankruptcy

Multiple Choice

What was the Civil Rights Act of 1875?

• It gave equal rights to men and women

• It gave equal rights for African Americans in public places

• It gave women the right to vote

• It gave women the right to own property

Multiple Choice

What is Segregation?

• To include everyone to participate

• To have certain people run for office

• To ignore laws that do not pertain to you

• To separate people based on their racial or ethnic group in daily life

Multiple Choice

Why did Southern Democrats pass Jim Crow laws?

• to assure equal education for all

• to separate African Americans and whites in all public areas

• to encourage Southerners to move to the North

• to prevent unqualified African Americans from voting

Multiple Choice

In this diagram, what should replace the question mark?

Plessy vs. Ferguson = ?

• In this diagram, what should replace the question mark?

• Public facilities should be available to all races.

• Integration of schools is required by law.

• Separate but equal public facilities are constitutional.

Multiple Choice

After Reconstruction, how did the South rebuild its territories?

• They began to build factories and railroads to increase their economy

• They did nothing, and kept the territories the way they are

• The South rebuilt their farms to increase their money and economy

• They started trading with the North to build their wealth

Multiple Choice

How did African Americans who remained in the South improve their lives?

• They depended upon government welfare.

• They worked together to build communities.

• They received money from relatives in the North.

• They conducted violent protests to obtain rights.

Multiple Choice

Southern segregation pushed African Americans to move. What pulled them to other parts of the country?

• the promise of free land

• the promise of free education

• the hope of better opportunities

• the hope of political opportunities