Reconstruction

During Reconstruction, why was the Freedmen's Bureau established?

• to rebuild lines of communication and transportation in southern states

• to promote ratification of the 13 Amendment banning slavery in the United States

• to give assistance to anyone affected by the war, especially the former slaves

• to give economic assistance only to those deemed as native South Carolinians

How did South Carolina and many other southern states respond to the passage of Reconstruction policies?

• They passed Black Codes and elected former Confederates to Congress.

• They passed laws that protected African American rights and elected new officials.

• They used state militaries to protect white citizens through martial law.

• They seceded from the Union and created the Confederacy

In what way did the sharecropping system that developed during Reconstruction resemble slavery?

• It tied many African American farmers to land owned by white men.

• It often required that families be separated from each other.

• It did not give African Americans anything in exchange for their labor.

• It involved corporal punishment on a regular basis.

Even though the 13 , 14 , and 15 Amendments were added to the Constitution, why did African Americans continue to experience discrimination?

• The amendments did not address voting rights.

• State governments did not know about the new amendments.

• State legislatures in the South passed Black Codes.

• Southern governors declared the amendments to be illegal

How did the use of the military impact Radical Reconstruction after the Civil War?

• The military was used to enforce federal policies and the 13 , 14 , and 15 Amendments.

• Military officers often tried to undermine the laws passed by the national government.

• The military continued to use the resources of the South and weakened their economy.

• The South welcomed the presence of military troops as a means of keeping them safe.

What was the most long-lasting impact of the Freedman's Bureau?

• The establishment of public school systems and historically black colleges and universities in the South.

• The distribution of Confederate lands to freedman and poor whites.

• The development of positive relations and political allegiances between poor whites and blacks in the South.

• The funding of medical treatment and food for the newly freedmen.

What was the main goal of federal Reconstruction policies?

• to rebuild towns, cities, and transportation systems across the South

• to remedy the economic problems caused by the war

• to bring the southern states back into the Union

• to help survey the land acquired in the Mexican-American War

How did actions by the federal governmental contribute to African Americans in the South getting trapped in a cycle of poverty?

• Federal legislation prevented freed slaves from attending school.

• The Freedmen’s Bureau was instrumental in implementing the sharecropper system.

• Federal courts upheld southern state laws barring freed slaves from landownership.

• President Johnson vetoed laws that would have granted freed slaves the right to own farms.

During Reconstruction, why did white South Carolinians enact laws known as black codes?

• to ensure that the 13 , 14 , and 15 Amendments were implemented in the state

• to establish schools for African Americans who had been denied educations when they were slaves

• C to prevent groups like the Ku Klux Klan from using violence to hurt former slaves

• D to prevent African Americans from being truly free and having the same rights as white citizens

Why did Abraham Lincoln make requirements for southern states to rejoin the Union as easy as possible?

• He wished to end the war as quickly as possible.

• He sympathized with the southern idea of slavery.

• He wanted southern politicians to re-elect him.

• He did not believe that the war was unconstitutional.