Presidential Reconstruction

After the Civil War, southern states adopted Black Codes to —

• punish plantation owners for the use of slavery
• support Radical Reconstruction objectives in the South
• promote the activities of the Freedmen’s Bureau
• limit the impact of the Thirteenth Amendment

The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution affected the lives of millions of African Americans by —

• A. providing them with voting rights
• B. guaranteeing their freedom of speech
• C. providing them with access to the court system
• D. guaranteeing their permanent freedom from slavery

Which of these describes a result of the Thirteenth Amendment?

• A. African Americans in the North could vote
• B. State governments were required to protect individual rights.
• C. Former Confederate officials were prohibited from holding elected office.
• D. African Americans in the South could move elsewhere.

Strict punishment of Confederate veterans and financial assistance to African Americans were policies pushed by which of the following group during the Reconstruction Era?

• 
  Radical Democrats
• Moderate Republicans
• Radical Republicans
• Moderate Democrats

Reconstruction was the process of

• rebuilding the South after the Civil War
• creating land zones for freedmen after the Civil War
• instituting Black Codes for former slaves
• eliminating the plantation economy in the South

Johnson's Reconstruction plan was seen by many as lenient on the South.

• True
• False

Which is NOT an example of a Black Code?

• Freedmen cannot own businesses or be employed as skilled labor.

• Freedmen must have proof of employment or risk arrest and forced labor.

• Freedmen cannot own any guns or firearms.

• Freedmen can sell, barter, and exhange goods without needing special permission.

Which is NOT a purpose for the Black Codes?

• To control African-Americans

• To create a labor source

• To maintain white superiorty

• To support newly freedpeople

About 6 months after Johnson's plan was presented, a group of ____________ formed a secret society that they named the "Ku Klux Klan".  *Pick the best choice

• Southerners
• Confederate veterans
• White Males
• Ex-Confederates

Which statement is FALSE about Johnson's Reconstruction plan?

• He offered amnesty and pardons to essentially all ex-Confederates.
• He made wealthy planters and Confederate leaders personally ask for forgiveness.
• He offered full citizenship to the newly freedpeople.
• He gave all confiscated land and property back to the Southerners.