Ch. 2 - Reconstruction

SS.912.A.2.3

What was one impact of these issues on Republicans following the Civil War?

• They rejected the idea of creating a group of new African-American voters sympathetic to their party.

• They disagreed over whether the President or Congress should set conditions for Reconstruction.

• They agreed to let Southerners govern their own affairs without federal interference.

• They refused to treat the Southern states as conquered areas.

SS.912.A.2.3

What was an immediate effect of the changes described above, which were implemented by Congressional Reconstruction?

• The citizenship rights of African Americans were withheld.

• The balance of power in Southern state governments shifted.

• Northern and Southern whites were reconciled more quickly.

• Confederate leaders automatically regained their confiscated properties.

Which amendment guaranteed the "equal protection" of the laws to all American citizens?

• 1st Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

SS.912.A.2.2

The statement below was by Thaddeus Stevens, a Radical Republican leader.

"If [African-American] suffrage is excluded in the rebel states, then every one of them is sure to send a [Democratic] representation to Congress and pass a

solid [Democratic] electoral vote [for President]."

What reason did Stevens give in this statement for granting voting rights to African Americans?

• African Americans deserved to vote after contributing their unpaid labor for centuries.

• Democrats and Republicans were in agreement on the fairness of letting all races vote.

• Republicans must offer voting rights to freedmen before Southern Democrats do.

• Black voters would help Republicans to maintain control of the Congress and Presidency.

SS.912.A.2.3

What impact did Radical Republicans in Congress have on Reconstruction?

• They opposed the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment.

• They encouraged the freedmen to exercise their new political rights.

• They persuaded President Johnson to pardon former Confederate leaders.

• They prevented President Johnson from sending federal troops to the South.

SS.912.A.2.2

Which is the best contemporary definition of a "scalawag"?

• a Northern abolitionist who supported the Freedmen's Bureau

• a Northerner who came to the South after the Civil War

• a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction

• a freedman entitled to vote

SS.912.A.2.2

What was a positive long-term impact of Radical Reconstruction on the South?

• Women were given the right to vote.

• Confederate leaders never again held elected office

• Public education systems were established for students of all races.

• The South remained divided into five districts governed by martial law.

SS.912.A.2.6

What was an important effect of the sharecropping system and debt peonage?

• Freedmen achieved social and political equality in the South.

• Freedmen played an important role in local and state government.

• Freedmen achieved economic independence from their former masters.

• Freedmen often remained in a state of economic dependence on their former masters.

SS.912.A.2.2

The cartoon above by Thomas Nast was published in 1874.

What was the main message of this cartoon?

• Opponents of Reconstruction were using violence to intimidate the freedmen.

• Different groups of Southerners were cooperating to rebuild the South after the war.

• The Ku Klux Klan and other private associations in the South were assisting the freedmen.

• Tie 14th Amendment protected the rights of freedmen despite the activities of the Ku Klux Klan.

SS.912.A.2.6

Which phrase completes the diagram above?

• Discriminated against African Americans

• Required racial segregation in all public places

• Provided Americans of all races with equal rights under the law

• Denied African Americans freedom of movement and basic civil rights