Reconstruction Test

8.1A

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 amendment.

Which era in U.S. History is the focus of this article?

• The Jacksonian era

• The antebellum era

• The Federalist era

• The Reconstruction era

8.9A

Establishment of the South's first state-funded public school system Implementation of a more equitable taxation system Prohibition of racial discrimination in public transportation and accommodations

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

8.9A

Provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1866

Designated all people born in the U.S. (except American Indians) as citizens Granted all citizens certain rights under the law

What is the historical significance of this act?

• It was the first time Congress voted to overrule 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

8.9B

The election of Hiram Rhodes Revels in 1870 was significant because he was the first African American to -

• win an election as a member of the Democratic party

• win a majority of the popular vote in Mississippi

• serve as a member of the U.S. Senate

• run for public office in the South

8.9C

The Freedmen's Bureau provided food, shelter, and clothing; negotiated and enforced labor contracts; and ???

Which of the following best completes the list?

• Established schools

• Certified applications for political office

• Granted small business loans

• Provided funds for farming supplies

8.9C

After the Civil War, southern states adopted Black Codes to -

• punish plantation owners for the use of slavery

• support Radical Reconstruction objectives in the South

• promote the activities of the Freedmen's Bureau

• limit the impact of the 13th Amendment

8.9C

What was one long-term consequence of the sharecropping system?

• Agricultural workers organized labor unions

• Many former slaves became trapped in a cycle of debt

• Many agricultural workers moved to cities to start small businesses

• Landowners sold property to pay wages to former slaves

8.9C

Bonds and currency with little or no value Bank failures and bankrupt businesses Destroyed railroads, farms, and homes High food prices and widespread crop failures

This list describes conditions found in -

• California during the Gold Rush

• Washington, D.C. during the War of 1812

• Western territories after the American Revolution

• Southern states at the beginning of Reconstruction

8.9C

"Black codes was a name given to laws passed by southern governments established during the presidency of Andrew Johnson. These laws imposed severe restrictions on freedmen, such as prohibiting their right to vote..."

Southern states passed these codes in order to -

• limit the effects of the Reconstruction amendments

• increase the labor supply for factory jobs in the North

• decrease the number of northern representatives in Congress

• improve relations with the Democratic Party

8.16B

Poll taxes Literacy tests Grandfather clauses

The measures in this list are examples of ways southern states weakened the effects of the -

• Compromise of 1850

• Fifteenth Amendment

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Dred Scott v. Sandford decision