U.S. History 9th

"Although important strides were made, Reconstruction failed to provide lasting guarantees of the civil rights of the freedmen." Which evidence best supports this statement?

• passage of Jim Crow laws in the latter part of the 19th century

• ratification of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments

• refusal of Southern states to allow sharecropping

• passage of the Civil Rights Acts of 1866

To rejoin the Union under Radical Reconstruction, southern states had to ratify the

• Reconstruction Acts

• Sixteenth Amendment

• Fourteenth Amendment

• Emancipation Proclamation

In the Reconstruction period, Radical Republicans created a policy that

• divided the south into 5 military districts that enforced Reconstruction legislation

• allowed former Confederates to make their own state constitutions without the help of freedmen

• lowered tariffs on all foreign imports

• sent all freed slaves to Liberia

How did Presidential Reconstruction differ from Radical Reconstruction?

• President Lincoln and Johnson wanted to treat the South as conquered territory

• both Presidents and Radical Republicans wanted to be lenient on the South

• Radical Republicans supported a 10% loyalty oath

• Radical Republicans supported military rule to enforce legislation

The underlying reason for the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson was

• the Credit Mobilier scandal

• a power struggle with Congress over Reconstruction

• his refusal to appoint new justices to the Supreme Court

• his policies toward Native American Indians

What effect did the system of sharecropping have on the South after the Civil War?

• it kept formerly enslaved persons economically dependent on farming

• it brought investment capital to the South

• it encouraged Northerners to migrate south

• it provided for a fairer distribution of farm profits

Which newspaper headline would have appeared during the Reconstruction Period after the Civil War?

• "Jim Crow Laws End"

• "Former Slaves Made Citizens"

• "Supreme Court Issues Dred Scott Decision"

• "Emancipation Proclamation Issued"

"No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges...of citizens...nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law..." The major purpose of these provisions of the 14th Amendment was to

• limit the power of the federal government

• expand the civil rights of women

• maintain competition in business

• protect the rights of African Americans

After the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, African Americans continued to experience political and economic oppression mainly because

• the amendments were not intended to solve their problems

• many African Americans distrusted the Federal Government

• southern legislation enacted Jim Crow laws

• poor communications kept people from learning about their legal rights

The Ku Klux Klan was organized in the period following the Civil War

• by former Union soldiers who remained in the South

• to oppose Jews, Catholics, and foreigners

• as a vigilante group to harass Republicans and African-Americans, particularly those who were economically successful

• with the full support of the Republican Party