American History Ch. 23 Reconstruction

The Enforcement Acts passed by Congress were supposed to do what?

• Prevent misuse of tax money

• Prevent attempts to keep blacks from voting

• Prevent attacks on politicians

• Prevent government corruption

The 13th Amendment was proposed and ratified in order to do what?

• Give freedment the right to vote

• Allow freedment to run for office

• Guarantee fair treatment of all citizens

• Eliminate slavery in the U.S.

Black Codes were laws passed by southern states. The intent of these laws was to do what?

• Control black people and limit their rights

• Get people to dress in black

• Rebuild the plantation economy

• Provide fair wages for freedmen

What was a lasting effect of the Freedmen's Bureau?

• Free medical care for all

• Job security

• Educational opportunity

• Integrated housing

Which of these was NOT one of President Johnson's requirements during Reconstruction?

• States must guarantee all men the right to vote

• States must cancel all war debts

• States must write new constitutions

• States must ratify the 13th Amendment

How did Abraham Lincoln feel the country should deal with the South after the war was won?

• Southern states needed to be punished

• Southern states can just go form their own country

• Southern states must ratify the 14th Amendment

• Southern states should be treated with kindness and justice

The SCOTUS decision in Plessey vs. Ferguson said what?

• All men are created equal

• Separate public facilities are constitutional as long as they are equal

• Integrated schools are required by law

• Jim Crow laws are unconstitutional

Democrats in the South passed Jim Crow laws do do what?

• Encourage northerners to move south

• Keep unqualified blacks from voting

• Keep white people and black people from socializing

• Integrate public schools

The purpose for forming the Ku Klux Klan was to do what?

• Terrorize blacks and Republicans and keep them out of office

• To end government corruption

• To register voters

• To integrate Southern schools

The 15th Amendment was proposed and ratified to do what?

• Protect citizens from unreasonable

• Guarantee citizens a fair and speedy trial

• Create the income tax

• Protect the voting rights of all male citizens