reconstruction from county assessment

All of the following were President Lincoln's aims for Reconstruction EXCEPT

• Ratify 13th amendment to abolish slavery

• preserve the union and end the civil war quickly

• 10% of the south pledge their allegiance to the US

• Make the southern elite ask for presidental pardons

How did Southerner's impact Reconstruction?

• Passed laws to protect newly freed slaves after the war

• passed Black Codes and intimidated newly freed slaves

• passed the 15th amendment allowing men the right to vote

• passed laws allowing newly freed slaves to serve in Congress

Which was NOT an aim for southern African Americans?

• Bring together families and communities

• build churches, schools, and access land

• allow military occupation in the south

• gain as much independence as possible

How was the aim of Congress different than that of Southerners and President Johnson?

• Congress wanted to humiliate the Southerners

• Congress passed laws knows as the Black Codes

• Congress encouraged Southerners to be elected to office

• Congress wanted to be sure that the freed slaves were free

What amendment abolished slavery after the Civil War?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 19th

The 14th amendment which overturned the Dred Scott decision, recognized what for African Americans?

• citizenship

• freedom

• land rights

• voting

What part of the sharecropping system did the newly freed slaves provide on the plantation?

• crop seeds

• farming tools

• manual labor

• piece of land

A common misconception is that African Americans immediately migrated to what areas in the United States after the Civil War?

• south and east

• north and east

• north and west

• south and west

Congress created an assistance program to all people in the south in need, including newly freed slaves. What was it called?

• American Red Cross

• Freedman's Bureau

• Radical Republicans

• Salvation Army

All of the following were goals of the Ku Klux Klan except:

• intimidation

• relief

• violence

• voter fraud