Reconstruction Quiz #2

After the Civil War, serious differences between Congress and President Andrew Johnson about how to handle Reconstruction led to the

• resignation of President Johnson

• impeachment of President Johnson

• election of a Democratic President

• `end of the Ku Klux Klan

Before the former Confederate states could be readmitted to the Union, the congressional plan for Reconstruction required them to

• ratify the 14th amendment

• imprison all former Confederate soldiers

• provide 40 acres of land to all freedman

• help rebuild Northern industries

"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." 15th Amendment, Section 1, United States Constitution, 1870

Which actions did Southern States take to keep African Americans from exercising the rights guaranteed in this amendment?

• suspending habeas corpus and denying women the right to vote

• collecting poll taxes and requiring literacy tests

• establishing religious and property-holding requirements for voting

• passing Black Codes and establishing segregated schools.

What was a major result of the Reconstruction Period?

• The political and economic rights of women were expanded and strengthened.

• The power of the states increased at the expense of the Federal Government.

• Racial segregation in the United States schools ended.

• The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments were added to the United States Constitution.

The passage of the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments in period following the Civil War showed that

• the states had increased their power at the expense of the Federal Government.

• segregation would no longer be allowed in the United States.

• Federal powers could be expanded to protect the rights of minorities.

• the political and economic rights of women were protected.

After the Civil War, freedmen in the South had difficulty improving their economic condition because

• literacy for formerly enslaved person was prohibited

• migration of factory workers from Northern cities had created competition for jobs

• the federal government confiscated their 40 acre grants

• the system of sharecropping kept them in a cycle of poverty.

After 1877, racial segregation became widespread in the South primarily as a result of the

• decline of the Ku Klux Klan

• activities of the Freedman's Bureau

• stationing of federal troops in the South

• passage of Jim Crow Laws

What was the decision of the Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?

• Black Codes were unconstitutional.

• The citizenship principle established in Dred Scott v. Sanford was repeated.

• The 15th amendment failed to guarantee the right to vote to all males

• Racial segregation did not violate the equal protection provision of the 14th amendment.

Which statement best describes the status of African Americans immediately after the end of Reconstruction in 1877?

• Most African Americans held factory jobs in urban areas.

• Most African Americans were able to take advantage of educational opportunities at colleges

• Despite the passage of several constitutional amendments, African Americans found that gaining equal rights was very difficult.

• Political rights for African Americans were guaranteed in the South, but restrictions and discrimination increased in the North.

After the Civil War, a major goal of the Radical Republicans in Congress was to

• gain voting rights for the newly freed slaves

• rebuild the farms and factories of the Northeast

• restore the white plantation owners to power in the South.

• support the policies of President Andrew Johnson