Radical Reconstruction: 1866-1877

What was the main cause of the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson in 1868?

• His opposition to the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment that outlawed slavery.

• His refusal to investigate reported criminal activity by the Union army during the Civil War.

• His opposition to Radical Reconstruction policies for former Confederate states.

• His refusal to use the Homestead Act to redistribute land to former slaves.

Which of the following best completes this list?

• Established schools

• Certified applications for political office

• Granted small-business loans

• Provided funds for farming supplies

After the Civil War, Southern states adopted Black Codes in order 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 Thirteenth Amendment.

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.

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

• win an election to public office 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.

• serve as President of the United States.

How did Southern states respond to the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment?

• By creating a segregated public education system

• By shutting down all remaining office of the Freedmen's Bureau

• By imposing requirements designed to deny African Americans the right to vote

• By forcing African Americans to work as tenant farmers & sharecroppers

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

• Poll taxes
• Literacy taxes
• Grandfather clause

• 13th Amendment

• Civil Rights Act of 1866

• 15th Amendment

• impeachment of Andrew Johnson.

The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution affected the lives of millions of African Americans by —

• providing them with voting rights

• guaranteeing their freedom of speech

• providing them with access to the court system

• guaranteeing their permanent freedom from slavery

As the new freedmen in the South looked for a way to make a living, their former owners needed workers to farm their land. That led to the development of the --

• immigration of workers to the South

• end of the Reconstruction period in the South

• system of shrecropping

• abolishment of the institution of slavery

Which political party supported the extension of rights to African Americans during Reconstruction?

• the Republican party

• the Democratic party