Nimitz MS 8th Grade Reconstruction Review

This political cartoon comments on the events that occurred during the

• Reconstruction Era

• Age of Jackson

• Second Great Awakening

• War of 1812

A historian is writing an article for a history website. The article is divided into the following topics:

The division of the South into military districts

The impeachment of the president

The ratification of the 14th and 15th Amendments

Which Era in the U.S. History is the focus of the article?

• The Jacksonian Era

• The Antebellum Era

• The Federalist

• The Reconstruction Era

How did the Freeman's Bureau most assist in the reconstruction of the South ?

• By diving large plantations and redistributing the property to former slaves

• By creating a militia to help enforce the voting rights of former slaves

• By offering legal assistance and public schooling to former slaves

• By petitioning the government to offer money to former slaves

1. Establishment of the South's first state-funded public school system.
2. Implementation of a more equitable taxation system
3. Prohibition of racial discrimination in public transportation and accommodations

These reforms were instituted by

• The governors during the colonial era

• Reconstructions governments after the Civil War

• Patriots during the American Revolution

• Revivalist after the Second Great Awakening

PROVISIONS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1866

1. Designed all people be born in the United States as citizens (except American Indians)
2. Granted all citizens certain rights under the law

What is the historical significance of this act?

• It was the first time the government voted to overrule a presidential veto

• It represented a shift in federal power after the impeachment of president Johnson

• It was the first time congress passed a law that protected racial minorities

• It represented the failure of northern abolitionist to influence Reconstruction policies

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

• win an election as a member of the democratic party

• win the majority of the popular vote in Mississippi

• serve as a member of the U.S senate

• run for Public office in the South

what was the main cause of the impeachment of president Andrew Johnson in 1868

• His opposition to the ratification of the 13th Amendment

• 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

Freedmen's Bureau

1. Provided food, shelter, and clothing
2. Negotiated and enforced labor contracts
3. __________________________________________

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 cods to-

• punish plantation owners for the use of slavery

• support Radical Reconstruction objectives in the South

• promote the activities of the Freeman'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 the cities to start small business

• Land owners sold property to pay ages to former slaves