Reconstruction 1 (Background)

The 17th President of the United States was

• Ulysses S. Grant
• Andrew Johnson
• Abraham Lincoln
• Rutherford B. Hayes

Andrew Johnson filled all of the following positions during his political career EXCEPT

• Vice President
• War Governor of Tennessee
• Senator from Tennessee
• Federal Judge

Which political party controlled Congress during both the Civil War & Reconstruction?

• Republicans
• Democrats
• Constitutional Union
• Secessionist

Which group of Republicans wanted to punish the South for its role in starting the Civil War? 

• Moderate Republicans
• Radical Republicans
• Lincoln Republicans
• Johnson Republicans

Which group of Republicans during Reconstruction wanted to ease into racial equality & make the process easy on the South?

• Moderate Republicans
• Radical Republicans
• Lincoln Republicans
• Johnson Republicans

What was the main area of agreement between Moderate & Radical Republicans during Reconstruction?

• Banning former Confederates from political office
• Passage of the Military Reconstruction Acts
• All African-American males should vote
• Creation of the Freedman's Bureau

Republicans during Reconstruction feared all of the following ideas EXCEPT

• Return of Southern Democrats to Congress
• The return of a variation of slavery to the black people in the South
• Johnson abolishing the legislative branch
• African-Americans voting in favor of Democrats

The idea that Congress controlled the process of Reconstruction was called

• Presidential Reconstruction
• Congressional Reconstruction
• Black Reconstruction
• Military Reconstruction

The idea that the presidents (Johnson/Grant) controlled the process of Reconstruction was called

• Presidential Reconstruction
• Congressional Reconstruction
• Black Reconstruction
• Military Reconstruction

Andrew Johnson had difficulty implementing his ideas during Reconstruction due to all of the following issues EXCEPT

• His lack of support among Northern politicians due to his Southern heritage
• His political party (Democrat) was not favored by the majority of Congress
• The fact that many Southerners did not trust his ideas because he supported the Union during the Civil War
• His lack of knowledge of the US political system