Ch. 23 Reconstruction

All of these were included in President Johnson's Reconstruction Plan except

• cancellation of war debts

• new state constitutions for Confederate states.

• ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment.

• guarantee of voting rights for freedmen

Which describes Abraham Lincoln's approach to the South at the end of the Civil War

• The South should be punished for its part in the war.

• The South should be treated with kindness and justice.

• The South should ratify the Fourteenth Amendment

• The South should pay for property damage caused by war.

Which of these was a lasting effect of the Freedmen's Bureau?

• job security

• land distribution

• free medical care

• educational opportunity

What was the purpose of the black codes?

• to control former slaves

• to provide fair wages for freedmen

• to reconstruct the plantation system

• to teach language skills to freedmen

Why was the Thirteenth Amendment passed?

• to abolish slavery

• to provide citizenship to former slaves

• to allow freedmen to run for office

• to legislate fair treatment of all citizens

What does the Fourteenth Amendment guarantee to citizens?

• the right to vote

• the right to medical care

• equal protection of the law

• separate but equal public facilities

In 1867, which of these made up the largest group of new Southern voters?

• African Americans

• white Southern Democrats

• former Confederate soldiers

• Northerners who moved to the South

What was the purpose of the Fifteenth Amendment?

• to give all citizens the right to vote

• to provide education for all citizens

• to raise taxes to repair damage to the South

• to protect the voting rights of African American men

Why was the Ku Klux Klan formed?

• to integrate Southern schools

• to end government corruption

• to return white Democrats to power

• to protect the voting rights of Southerners

Why did Southern Democrats pass Jim Crow laws?

• to assure equal education for all

• to encourage Southerners to move to the North

• to separate African Americans and whites in public life

• to prevent unqualified African Americans from voting