Reconstruction Review

limit the freedoms of blacks

• black codes

• Freedmen's Bureau

• Ten Percent Plan

• The Reconstruction Act of 1867

Which of the following was created to help southern states rejoin the Union as quickly and easily as possible?

• the Freedmen's Bureau

• Jim Crow Laws

• The Reconstruction Act of 1867

• Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan

Which of the following enabled white southerners to bypass southern voting restrictions?

• poll taxes

• literacy tests

• the grandfather clause

• the 13th Amendment

Which of the following banned slavery throughout the United States?

• the 13th Amendment

• the 14th Amendment

• The 15th Amendment

• The 16th Amendment

President Andrew Johnson was impeached on February 24th, 1868. What does impeach mean

• to be convicted of a federal crime

• to be denied due process

• to be put on trial for violating the Constitution

• the right to veto laws passed by Congress

Which of the following defined citizenship as any person born in the United States

• Jim Crow Laws

• the 13th Amendment

• The 14th Amendment

• the 15th Amendment

"With malice towards none; with charity for all; .... let us strive to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nations wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow..... to do all which may achieve a just, and lasting peace...."

• Abraham Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Address

Lincoln's main purpose in this passage was to.....?

• punish the south for seceding from the United States

• give voting rights to Freedmen

• convince southern states to follow black codes

• bring peace to North and South

The items listed can all be included in a discussion of

• Jim Crow Laws

• black codes

• the Freedmen's Bureau

• rights given by the 15th Amendment

What was one reason the 14th and 15th amendments failed to prevent future racial segregation?

• Most Northern abolitionists opposed the extension of these rights.

• Radical Republicans in Congress stopped African Americans from voting.

• The Supreme Court refused to accept cases to interpret these amendments.

• The South passed Jim Crow laws and restrict voting rights.

Which action was an attempt by southern state governments after the Civil War to limit the rights of African Americans?

• ratification of the 13th amendment

• creation of the Black Codes

• establishment of the Freedmen’s Bureau

• impeachment of President Andrew Johnson