Reconstruction Review Quiz

Radical Republicans stood for...

• Punishing the South and giving rights to African Americans

• Bringing the south back into the Union as quickly as possible

• Bringing Freedmen into Northern industry

• Being total bros, bro

Which of the following describes Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction?

• He wanted to reunify the nation

• He refused to grant pardons to former Confederates

• He demanded equality for African Americans

Who wanted to confiscate large plantations and redistribute the land to freedmen?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Thaddeus Stevens and William Sherman

• Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson...

• Became president after Lincoln's death

• terrorized African Americans during Reconstruction

• Was in favor of the 40 acres and a mule policy

Why did poor southerners follow southern leaders instead of radical republicans?

• They feared losing their status in society

• They wanted to bring manufacturing to the South

• They had no other choice

• They wanted Slavery back

Southern Leaders...

• Tried to reestablish old practices in the South

• strictly enforced the reconstruction amendments

• Were against all policies encouraged by President Johnson

• Weren't allowed back into local and state governments

The Radical Republicans were in power in what branch of government?

• Executive

• Legislative

• Judicial

The Wade-Davis required...

• a majority of a state's prewar voters swear loyalty to the union

• 10% of a state's prewar voters swear loyalty to the Union

• Plantation owners write an apology letter to the President

The Freedmen's Bureau provided

• food, clothing, health care, and education to freedmen and white refugees

• resources to all southerners to help rebuild the south

• a way for freedmen to move to the North

The 14th amendment extended

• Suffrage to African Americans

• Citizenship to African Americans

• Freedom to African Americans