Civil War and Reconstruction

Which of the following reversed the Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott v. Sanford?

• The Dawes Act

• The 14th Amendment

• The Compromise of 1877

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

When was the Civil War fought?

• 1855-1861
• 1860-1877
• 1861-1865
• 1863-1868

Which of these occurred as a result of the 15th amendment?

• African American families divided by slavery were reunited
• Newly free men and women moved west to claim land
• African American men voted in the 1872 presidential election
• Newly free men and women were allowed to apply for U.S. citizenship

The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution affected the lives of millions of African Americans by-

• providing them with voting rights
• guaranteeing them freedom of speech
• providing them with access to the court system
• guaranteeing their permanent freedom fro slavery

Many historians argue that the assassination of President Lincoln changed the course of Reconstruction. Which of the following is usually cited as an aspect of that change?

• Radical Republicans took control of Congress
• Congress imposed taxes on cotton imports to pay war debts
• the 13th amendment was approved by Congress
• Congress repealed legislation regulating railroad construction

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 13th amendment

What was the purpose of the Reconstruction?

• To tax the southern states as punishment for the war

• To help the southern states become a part of the union again

• To keep the southern states from becoming powerful again

• To rebuild the industry of the northern states

What was the impact of election of 1876 and the Compromise of 1877?

• Democrats outweighed radical republicans

• Hayes was elected and reconstruction ended

• Grant became the first president to be impeached

• Lincoln was assassinated

Who were carpetbaggers?

• Southerners who moved to the North to escape the rebuilding

• Northerners who moved to South to make money off of the Reconstruction

• Northerners who were against the Civil War

• Southerners who became republicans

Government agency founded during Reconstruction to help former slaves adjust to freedom.

• Freedmen's Bureau

• Jim Crow Laws

• Westward Expansion

• Radical Republicans