Reconstruction and the Changing South IV

Which statement BEST summarizes early Reconstruction efforts

• Congress overrode Lincoln’s veto of the black codes.
• Lincoln signed the Wade-Davis Bill into law.
• Lincoln signed a bill establishing the Freedmen’s Bureau.
• Congress agreed to support Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan.

government pardon

• black code
• poll tax
• segregation
• amnesty

Why did Reconstruction governments increase taxes after the Civil War?

• to punish the South for starting the Civil War
• to cover the costs of rebuilding the South
• to cover the costs of rebuilding the North
• to cover mismanaged money spent by corrupt government officials

To which of the following does the phrase “monstrous power” probably refer?

• the Fifteenth Amendment
• abolition
• the Fourteenth Amendment
• slavery

Which of the following conditions could be added to the North’s problems?

• many banks closed
• returning Union soldiers needed jobs
• major cities devastated
• much personal property destroyed

Which of the following required freedmen to know certain sections of the Constitution in order to vote?

• literacy tests
• Jim Crow laws
• poll taxes
• grandfather clauses

Which of the following was a result of southern Conservative resistance to Reconstruction?

• Violence toward African Americans increased.
• The number of African Americans who held public office increased.
• Northern Republicans were more willing to cooperate with southern states.
• Carpetbaggers gained control of southern state governments.

Why did southern states agree to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment?

• The amendment laid the foundation for the South’s public school system.
• The amendment called for a majority of white men in each state to swear loyalty to the United States.
• Ratification of the amendment helped their states win presidential approval to rejoin the Union.
• The amendment banned slavery throughout the United States.

How did MOST freedmen meet their basic needs after the Civil War ended?

• They owned their own land through sharecropping.
• They returned to the land where they had worked as slaves.
• They opened small businesses.
• They received “40 acres and a mule.”

How did members of Congress react to the black codes?

• Northern representatives argued that the black codes were an issue for each state to decide.
• Most representatives believed that the black codes were fair and just.
• Outraged Republicans vowed to develop a stricter Reconstruction plan.
• Congress used the black codes as a model for a new Reconstruction plan.