Topic 7 Test "Reconstruction"

After the war, transportation in the South suffered MOST because

• Transporting Union troops and their supplies caused delays for Southerners

• Southern ports had suffered damage from bombing

• Much of the South's stock of horses had died in battle

• Most of the railroad tracks in the South had been destroyed

Which industry's decline hurt the Southern economy the most?

• Iron Production

• Agriculture

• Manufacturing

• Railroad Construction

Which of the following would a Republican Congressman likely have used to describe President Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction plans?

• Too lenient

• Too harsh

• Well-balanced

• Difficult to accomplish

Which of the following conclusions about the Freedmen's Bureau is BEST supported by the illistrution?

• It assisted only African Americans

• It employed only women

• It provided education to people of all ages

• Its students passed the literacy requirements for voting

The ____________ amendment defined citizens as people born in the United States or naturalized.

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

The _____________ amendment extended the right to vote to African American male citizens.

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

Which statement BEST summarizes President Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction?

• Lincoln wanted to punish the Confederacy for seceding

• Lincoln thought it would be easiest to act like the Confederacy had never seceded

• Lincoln wanted the South to admit they were wrong for seceding

• Lincoln felt it would be a struggle to get the Confederacy to rejoin the Union

"It almost seemed, sometimes, as if I had been away only a day or two and had just taken up the farm work where I had left off" Union soldier returning from the Civil War

Which explains why this soldier felt as if nothing had changed while he was away at war?

• The South had lost more soldiers

• The Union forces had won the war quickly

• Most of the battles had taken place in the South

• Most Union soldiers returned to their former jobs

Why did Republicans in Congress attempt to impeach President Andrew Johnson?

• They disagreed over plans for Reconstruction

• They believed Johnson was guilty of taking bribes

• They disagreed over the election of President Grant

• They opposed the 15th Amendment, but he supported it

____________ and ______________ were accused of taking advantage of Southerners after the Civil War.

• Freedmen; radicals

• Klansmen; sharecroppers

• Scalawags; carpetbaggers

• Democrats; Republicans