Reconstruction Quiz #1

The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves

• in border states

• in Confederate territory

• everywhere

• only in Louisana

Which argument was used by President Abraham Lincoln to explain his policy of leniency toward the South after the Civil War?

• Most Southerners have remained loyal to the Union during the war.

• Most Southerners are willing to grant equality to formerly enslaved persons.

• The federal government has no authority to punish states for secession.

• Healing the nation's wounds quickly is essential.

At the beginning of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln maintained that the war was being fought to

• uphold national honor

• prevent foreign involvement

• free all slaves

• preserve the Union

President Lincoln supported

• a new piece treaty with Great Britian

• universal male suffrage

• a fair and generous peace

• harsh punishment for Confederate leaders

Which statement most accurately describes President Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction after the Civil War?

• Southerners should be made to pay for their rebellion.

• The Union should be restored as quickly as possible.

• African Americans should be given free land.

• War damages should be collected through military occupation.

Why was the Freedmen's Bureau established after the Civil War?

• To make sure blacks got jobs as government officials.

• To prevent blacks from gaining too much power.

• To help freed slaves get food, clothing and shelter.

• To help only free slaves who fought in the military.

The institution of slavery was formally abolished in the United States by the

• Compromise of 1850

• Emancipation Proclamation of 1863.

• creation of the Freedman's Bureau in 1865

• ratification of the 13th amendment in 1865

After the Civil War, Southern state legislatures attempted to restrict the rights of formerly enslaved persons by

• passing Black Codes

• ratifying the 15th amendment

• supporting the goals of the Radical Republicans

• enacting legislation to strengthen the Freedmen's Bureau

A major result of the Civil War was that the

• economic system of the South came to dominate the United States economy.

• Federal Government's power over the States was strengthened.

• members of Congress from Southern States gained control of the legislative branch.

• nation's industrial development came to a standstill.

"The nation's wounds will heal most quickly if we forgive the Southerners and welcome them back into the Union." Who would agree with this?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Thaddeus Stevens

• the carpetbaggers

• the Ku Klux Klan