Reconstruction STAAR

Southern states passed "Black Codes" in order to-

• limit the effects of Reconstruction amendments

• increase the labor supply for factories in the North

• decrease the number of northern representatives in Congress

• improve relations with the Democratic Party

Which of the following reversed the Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott v Sanford?

• The Dawes Act

• The 14th Amendment

• The Compromise of 1877

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

After General Robert E Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse, the main priority of the United States was to-

• elect a new president and vice-president

• complete construction of the Capitol

• establish Union forts in the former Confederate states

• implement a plan to bring Confederate states back into the Union

This painting of a Missouri scene (called The County Election) was completed in 1852. Such scenes would look dramatically different after the-

• ratification of the 15th Amendment

• Second Great Awakening

• emergence of Manifest Destiny

• expansion of the factory system in the South

The 13th Amendment to the Constitution affected the lives of millions of African Americans by-

• providing them with voting rights

• guaranteeing their freedom of speech

• providing them with access to the Court system

• guaranteeing their permanent freedom from slavery

What is the significance of the Civil Rights Act of 1866?

• It was the first time Congress overrode a presidential veto

• It represented a shift in federal power after the impeachment of President Johnson

• It was the first time Congress passed a law that protected racial minorities

• It represented the failure of northern abolitionists to influence Reconstruction policies

A historian is writing an article for a history website. The article is divided into the following topics:

*The division of the South into military districts

*The impeachment of the president

*The ratification of the 14th and 15th amendments

Which era in US history is the focus of this article?

• The Jacksonian era

• The antebellum era

• The Federalist era

• The Reconstruction era

*Establishment of the South's first state-funded school system

*Prohibition of racial discrimination

These reforms were instituted by:

• governors during the colonial era

• Reconstruction governments after the Civil War

• Patriots during the American Revolution

• revivalists after the Second Great Awakening

"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved for the States respectively, or to the people." - 10th Amendment to the Constitution

Conflicting interpretations of this amendment played a major role in the-

• Bank War

• Nullification Crisis

• Corrupt Bargain

• XYZ Affair

Which of the following was a job that the Freedmen's Bureau performed?

• Established Schools

• Certified applications for political office

• Granted small business loans

• Provided funds for farming supplies