Reconstruction

Lincoln's "10 Percent Plan" dealt with

• his idea for instituting an income tax.

• how to draft more men into the Union Army.

• re-admitting Southern states into the Union.

• his quest to reconquer only 10% of the South

This system of agriculture developed in the late 19th century, in which a landowner allowed a tenant to use the land in return for a portion of what was produced. It was called

• slash and burn farming

• share cropping

• rent farming

• farm to fork farming

The purpose of the Freedman's Bureau was to

• provide 40 acres and a mule for each slave.

• gain the vote for millions of former slaves.

• provide work, education, and relief for former slaves.

• get radical Republicans in positions of power in the South.

The period of rebuilding of The South after The Civil War was known as

• The Renaissance

• Reconstruction

• The Guilded Age

• The Industrial Revolution

Which is the BEST description of the southern economy during Reconstruction?

• The southern economy was stabilized because of trade relationships with Great Britain and France.

• The southern economy was still based on agriculture and cotton, but now depended on sharecropping rather than slave labor

• The southern economy was transformed from being based on agriculture to being completely dependent on industry and manufacturing.

• The southern economy was completely restored by 1866 and was actually more productive and profitable than the pre- Civil War economy.

Who would have most likely NOT supported the Freedmen's Bureau?

• An abolitionist

• a carpetbagger

• a former slave owner

• a northern business owner

President Johnson was impeached for _________________.

• lying to the country

• violating the Tenure of Office Act

• holding elections in an off year

A freedmen was required to have a labor contract in Mississippi after 1865. This is an example of ______________.

• Jim Crow Laws

• sharecropping

• the black codes

• Reconstruction

Literacy tests were created as a way to suppress African American voters after the passage of the _______________.

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

Who became president after Lincoln's assassination?

• U.S. Grant

• Andrew Johnson

• Andrew Jackson

• Robert E. Lee