Reconstruction Test Prep

What was the purpose of the Black Codes after the Civil War?

• To keep African-Americans in an inferior position in society

• To provide services for newly freed African-Americans

• To help the freed slaves have a normal life

• To take a citizenship test

What was Lincoln’s aim for Reconstruction?

• To reunite the Union quickly

• To reunite the east and west

• To build new railroads for African-Americans

• To continue with slavery in America

What was the aim of many Southerners during Reconstruction?

• To provide 40 acres of land to anyone who was the head of household

• To grant freedom and rights to slaves

• To help build new communities for immigrants

• To return to their normal lives before the war began and NOT grant rights to freed slaves

What problems did Radical Republican Congress have with the Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan?

• Congress wanted stricter laws that would hurt African Americans.

• Congress wanted to allow the South to do as it pleased.

• Congress wanted laws that were less harsh for the South.

• Congress was against Johnson who was not doing enough to protect rights of freed slaves.

How did Andrew Johnson aim to humiliate the southern wealthy land owners when he became president?

• He wanted the southern elite to elect him as president for a 2nd term.

• He made them beg for a pardon in order to acknowledge his power as president.

• Landowners didn't vote for him as president.

• All of the above

What was the aim of Radical Republican Congress for Reconstruction?

• To ensure that rights and freedoms of freed slaves were denied

• To ensure the rights and freedoms of freed slaves were protected

• To teach freed slaves about sharecropping

• All of the above

Which group below passed the 15th amendment which said all male citizens should be given the right to vote?

• The Freedmen

• The Southerners

• U.S. Congress

• Sharecroppers

What amendment abolished slavery in the United States? (5.1.2) A.

• The 15th Amendment

• The 14th Amendment

• The 13th Amendment

• The 12th Amendment

What were the three Constitutional amendments designed to do?

• limit the number of terms of the president

• correct problems with the electoral college system

• end property and religious qualifications for voting

• provide legal and political rights for freed slaves and African Americans

Which of the following amendments recognized African-American citizenship and offered equal protection under the law?

• The 13th Amendment

• The 14th Amendment

• The 15th Amendment

• The Bill of Rights