APUSH Chapter 22 Quiz

The original purpose of the Freedman's Bureau was to

• generate support among Southern whites to end Federal military occupation

• organize former slaves as sharecroppers

• register former slaves to vote

• provide former slaves with food, clothing, and educational opportunities

Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction allowed for a state to be readmitted to the Union once

• fifty percent of its voters took the oath of allegiance

• the state legislatures ratified the 14th and 15th amendments

• it ratified the 13th amendment and 10% of its voters took the loyalty oath

• it paid for war damages caused by the Confederate army

The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution

• abolished slavery

• defined citizenship rights

• gave the federal government authority over the states

• gave black males the right to vote

Carpetbaggers were

• Northerners who came South after the war to exploit the situation for monetary gain

• Southerners who supported the Radical Republican governments in the South

• Northerners who traveled south after the war to aid former slaves

• freed slaves who fled the South after being freed

Andrew Johnson was impeached because

• Southerners were opposed to his Reconstruction policies

• he failed to enforce federal law in fighting the KKK

• he was involved in Lincoln's assassination

• he was an obstacle to the Radical plan for Reconstruction

The Wade-Davis bill differed from Lincoln's Reconstruction plan in what way?

• Southern states had to be occupied by the military for three years before readmission

• 50% of the states voters had to swear loyalty to the Union

• State governments had to give former slaves the right to vote

• Southern states had to elect senators from among their black populations

President Johnson allegedly violated which law that resulted in his impeachment?

• The Wade-Davis Bill

• The Freedmans Bureau bill

• The Reconstruction Act

• The Tenure of Office Act

Congressional Reconstruction tried to provide basic rights to freedmen through all of the following EXCEPT

• the Tenure of Office Act

• the Civil Rights Act

• the Freedman's Bureau

• the Military Reconstruction Act

The 15th Amendment provided for

• readmitting Southern states to the Union

• full citizenship and civil rights for former slaves

• voting rights for former slaves

• voting rights for women

After emancipation, most African-American freedmen traveled in order to

• return to Africa or the West Indies

• seek a better life in Northern cities

• find lost family members or to seek new economic opportunities

• track down and punish their former overseers