Reconstruction

Which of the following was NOT a challenge faced by the South after the Civil War

• Over 200,000 Confederate soldiers were killed and many more severely injured.

• Currency printed by the Confederate government was now useless.

• Drought and bad weather made growing crops for food difficult.

• Many southern towns, farms, and homes had been destroyed in the war.

Which amendment permanently made slavery unconstitutional in the United States?

• 11th amendment.

• 12th amendment.

• 13th amendment.

• 14th amendment.

Because most formerly enslaved people had no homes, money, or education, many found themselves working for their former owners under a system called...

• Sharecropping.

• Gerrymandering.

• Poll taxes.

• Scalawag.

Which political group in Congress supported Lincoln's plan to offer forgiveness to rebel soldiers and readmit Confederate states quickly?

• Southern Democrats.

• Radical Republicans

• Moderate Republicans

• Democratic-Republicans.

Which political group in Congress wanted to protect the civil rights of African Americans and favored harsh treatment for traitorous Confederate soldiers?

• Radical Republicans

• Democratic-Republicans

• Moderate Republicans

• Northern Democrats

Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction said that a state could rejoin the country if what percentage of its voters swore a loyalty oath and agreed to the end of slavery?

• 50%

• 10%

• 100%

• 65%

Under Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction, which of the following states quickly formed a new government and rejoined the country?

• Virginia

• Tennessee

• Alabama

• Mississippi

In March 1865, this agency was formed to provide food, clothing, schools, and hospitals to formerly enslaved people.

• Homeland Security

• Carpetbaggers

• Social Security

• Freedmen's Bureau

The Radical Republicans in office proposed the Wade-Davis Bill, which required states to grant black men the right to vote and required what percentage of voters to sign a loyalty oath?

• 20%

• 100%

• 50%

• 75%

When Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, who became the 17th president of the United States?

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Martin Van Buren

• Franklin Pierce

• Andrew Johnson