Reconstruction Test Review

Reconstruction refers to the period in which

• the south was rebuilt

• the Civil War was fought

• African Americans were enlsvaed

• slavery was opposed by abolitionists

Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?

• Lee Harvey Oswald

• John Wilkes Booth

• James Earl Ray

• Mark David Chapman

The government agency that gave food clothing and shelter to former slaves?

• carpetbaggers

• scalawags

• viglitantes

• freedmen's bureau

Civil Rights are

• a war over state power

• rights guaranteed under Black Codes

• the Bill of RIghts

• rights guaranteed to all citizens

What did Lincoln's plan for reconstruction require?

• 10 percent of of voters in a Confederate state had to swear loyalty to the union.

• former confederate states had to surrender their land to the free states

• Confederate states had to pay the total cost of the war

• all southern states had to ratify the 13th amendment

Who became President after Lincoln's assassination ?

• Ulysses S. Grant

• James Buchanan

• Andrew Johnson

• Thaddeus Stevens

What was the purpose of Black Codes passed by southern states?

• to limit the power of freedmen

• to limit the political power of freedmen

• to oppose the violent actions of the Ku Klux klan

• to support the actions the Radical Republicans

Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?

• He refused to enforce the reconstruction acts passed by congress

• to limit the political power of the freedmen

• to oppose the actions of the Ku Klux Klan

• he threw former confederates out the government

Which was a goal of the radical republicans?

• to reimburse the south to pay for the financial losses during the war

• to allow the south to manage its own affairs

• to reunite the North and South

• to protect the rights of newly freed slaves

What former union general was elected President in 1868?

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

• Andrew Johnson

• William T. Sherman