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 and poor whites.

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

Presidential Reconstruction following the American Civil War can BEST be described as

• a plan to fix the damage to the White House caused by the Civil War.

• a desire to rebuild the southern states quickly to help control the economy.

• a desire to rebuild the country quickly and without ill feelings following the war.

• a desire to punish those southerners responsible for causing and/or prolonging the war.

Following the Civil War, ___ were very common in Southern agriculture, bringing with them work tools and work animals.

• freedman

• sharecroppers

• tenant farmers

• land owners

What group was created in 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee, for the purpose of preventing both the programs of Reconstruction and laws promoting racial equality?

• Freedman's Bureau

• Ku Klux Klan

• Know Nothing Party

• White Circle Council

What did the removal of African Americans from the Georgia General Assembly in 1868 lead the U. S. government to do?

• The U.S. Congress penalized white Georgia Assembly members through heavy taxation

• White Assembly members had to be physically removed and placed in jail for a year.

• Black leaders led protests near the U.S. Congress meetings, demanding federal help.

• The U.S. Congress had to pass an act, and send in military troops to help maintain order.

The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified following which event?

• Passage of Black Codes

• The creation of the Ku Klux Klan

• The creation of the Freedmen's Bureau

• Terry's Purge

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

• The Renaissance

• Reconstruction

• The Guilded Age

• The Industrial Revolution

Which Amendment abolished slavery in the United States?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 3rd