Review, Civil War, and Reconstruction

Which branch(es) of government can coin money, declare war, and makes and passes laws?

• Executive and Legislative

• Executive

• Judicial

• Legislative

Which of the following threatened the livelihoods of Southern farmers?

• Northern banks

• the Farmers' Alliance

• the Boll Weevil

• the Railroad

The Civil War ended with Lee's surrender at

• Appomattox Court House

• Atlanta

• Richmond

• Gettysburg

Which of the following accurately describes the effects of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments on lives of Southerners?

• Black Southerners were forbidden to serve as elected officials

• These amendments had little effect on the lives of Southerners

• White Southerners celebrated black Southerners' new rights

• Black Southerners had more political and economic freedom

Which of the following was a factor that limited the economic recovery of the South after the Civil War?

• Southern banks with modest assets struggled to support industrial development.

• Railroad lines were expanded in Southern states.

• Southerners lobbied the federal government for financial help.

• New cities rose up in Georgia, Texas, and Tennessee.

Our plan of government that describes the different parts, their duties, and powers. It was ratified by all colonies in 1890.

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• U.S. Constitution

• Bill of Rights

Which of these was an important provision of the Radical Republicans' Reconstruction Act of 1867?

• It offered pardons to Confederate Generals

• It ended Reconstruction

• It legalized black codes

• It put the South under military rule

This is a system of government controlled by the people through their elected representatives.

• Federal System

• Dictatorship

• Republic

• Democracy

Which of the following revoked Southern blacks' civil rights?

• Fourteenth Amendment

• Civil Rights Act of 1875

• Fifteen Amendment

• local and state laws

What was one way in which the goals of Radical Reconstruction failed?

• Ulysses S. Grant became President of the U.S.

• Former Confederate leaders failed to regain power.

• The nation was permanently reunited.

• Segregation became the law in all Southern states.