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US Semester Practice Exam #1

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9th - 12th Grade

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US Semester Practice Exam #1
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A plan for Reconstruction of the South was needed because

the political fate of the Confederate States had already been decided.

many new citizens had joined the nation during the course of the war.

the Constitution provided no guidance on secession or readmission of the states

the southern economy had grown, and northern states wanted to share in the prosperity.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which idea was a part of Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction?

The southern states had never really let the Union.

African Americans should be guaranteed social equality.

Former Confederates should not be compensated for lost property.

State governments must grant African Americans the right to vote.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the outcome of the impeachment proceedings against President Johnson?

Secretary of War Edwin Stanton was fired.

The House voted not to impeach the president.

The House impeached the president, but the Senate failed to remove him.

Johnson was removed from office, and Ulysses S. Grant became president.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

By the end of the 1860’s, Northern support for Reconstruction had faded because

Lincoln had been assassinated.

Northerners believed that the goals of Reconstruction had been met.

the Freedman’s Bureau had failed to accomplish its objectives.

the cost of military operations in the South worried many people.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the Thirteenth Amendment outlaw?

slavery

citizenship

sharecropping

none of the above

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who would benefit from the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments?

former slave owners

former slaves

northern businessmen

southern congressmen

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following accurately describes the effect of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments on the lives of southerners?

These amendments had little effect on the lives of southerners.

Black southerners were forbidden to serve as elected officials.

Black southerners had more political and economic freedom.

White southerners had their political freedoms taken away

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