Reconstruction Review

Reconstruction was the process of

• Rebuilding the South after the war

• Instituting Black Codes for former slaves

• Creating land zones for freedmen after the Civil War

• Eliminating the plantation economy in the South

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

Which of the following was NOT part of the plan that Abraham Lincoln had for Reconstruction?

• That only 10% of the voters in a state had to agree to support the Union

• The states had to agree to outlaw slavery

• That any southerner who took an oath to the Union would be given a pardon, except the highest ranking officials

• That the plantation owners of the South could keep their slaves for five years

Who took the place of office after President Lincoln was assassinated?

• Andrew Jackson

• Ulysses S. Grant

• James Buchanan

• Andrew Johnson

What was the law passed in Southern states that stated if your grandfather could vote, then you could vote?

• Literacy Test

• Poll Tax

• Black Codes

• Grandfather Clause

The 14th and 15th Amendments adopted during Reconstruction were intended to

• Provide legal and political rights for African Americans

• End property and religious qualifications for voting

• Correct problems with the electoral college system

• Limit the number of terms of the president

A Northern that moved down South to take advantage of the poverty is called

• Carpetlegger

• Carpetflyer

• Carpetmatcher

• Carpetbagger

After the Civil War, which development limited economic opportunities for African Americans in the South?

• Creation of military districts

• Establishment of the Freedmen’s Bureau

• Use of the sharecropping system

• Ratification of the 14th amendment

What was a result of the presidential election of 1876?

• Reconstruction ended as federal troops from the North were removed from the South.

• Slavery was reestablished in the South by state legislatures.

• New state laws were passed in the South to guarantee equal rights for African Americans.

• A constitutional amendment was adopted to correct problems with the electoral college system.

The Jim Crow laws, upheld by the Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson(1896), provided for

• Free land for former slaves

• Separate but equal public facilities were legal

• Racial integration of public schools

• Voting rights for African-American males