Reconstruction

Which Reconstruction Plan required southern citizens to take an oath of allegiance to the United States?

• Lincoln's 10% Plan

• Johnson's Plan

• The Republican Plan

• All of the above.

How did the Republicans enforce their laws on the southern states during Reconstruction?

• They used the federal army.

• Southerners stopped believing in white supremacy after the Civil War.

• Robert Lee told southerners to follow the Republicans after the Civil War.

• Republicans were unable to enforce their laws on the southern states.

What is a carpetbagger?

• A southern Democrat who believes in white supremacy.

• A French immigrant who served in Congress during Reconstruction.

• A northern Republican who came to the southern states to make laws.

• All of the above.

What was the Freedmen's Bureau

• A terrorist organization that tried to keep African Americans from voting.

• A government organization that was created to help the newly freed slaves.

• A name that is used when talking about Congress during Reconstruction.

• An African American college set up by the government.

How did southern Democrats feel about the Freedmen's Bureau

• They liked it because it was a fair way to spend tax money.

• They did not like it because it gave too much power to the President.

• They liked it because it helped the Ku Klux Klan

• They did not like it because it spent their tax money on African Americans.

How did African Americans elevate into the middle class during Reconstruction?

• Schools were built and newly freed slaves became educated.

• The 15th amendment was passed giving African Americans the right to vote.

• Carpetbaggers ensured that African Americans could have any job that they were qualified for.

• All of the above.

What was the Homestead Act?

• A law that gave Americans free land in the west.

• A way to join the west and east coasts of the country.

• The Republicans Reconstruction plan.

• All of the above.

Who built the Transcontinental Railroad?

• Mostly immigrants from China and Ireland.

• Newly freed slaves.

• Carpetbaggers and immigrants.

• Mostly immigrants from Germany and Russia.

What was the effect of the Transcontinental Railroad and the Homestead Act.

• Americans were able to move west at a high rate.

• Americans settled on land that was owned by Native Americans.

• Conflict developed between white Americans and Natives.

• All of the above.

Why was the buffalo an important animal to the plains Indians?

• It was a representation of their god.

• They used their images as money.

• They used the buffalo for food, clothing, and tools.

• All of the above.