Unit 6 Test

Which of the following statements best describe why the Democrats opposed adding the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution?

• to give male citizens who did not own land the right to vote

• to prevent states from requiring voters to own property in order to vote

• to deny the freedmen from getting the right to vote

• to make sure that female citizens have the same voting rights as male citizens

Which statement best describes Democrats' position on the Fifteenth Amendment?

• Democrats opposed the Fifteenth Amendment because they believed that African Americans would vote against them.

• Democrats opposed the Fifteenth Amendment because they believed that the Constitution should never be amended.

• Democrats supported the Fifteenth Amendment because they believed that all people should have the right to vote.

• Democrats supported the Fifteenth Amendment because they believed that African Americans would support their political goals.

One goal of post-Civil War Congressional Reconstruction was to

• repay Confederate war debts.

• ensure civil rights for former slaves.

• preserve the plantation system.

• rebuild the Southern naval system.

Which statement best describes the purpose of Lincoln's and Johnson's plans for Reconstruction?

• Give Congress the final authority in the process of Reconstruction

• Give equal voting rights for both white and black males in the South

• Provide financial aid for rebuilding the South

• Encourage rapid readmission of ex-Confederate states into the Union

After the Civil War, which development was designed to provide better economic opportunities for African Americans in the South?

• Creation of military districts

• Establishment of the Freedmen’s Bureau

• Use of the sharecropping system

• Ratification of the 14th Amendment

Which of the following was part of Andrew Johnson’s Reconstruction plan?

• Fifty percent of voters must swear an oath of allegiance to the United States.

• Wealthy southern men had to apply for a presidential pardon and swear an oath of allegiance to the United States to keep their land.

• The military would occupy all southern states.

• The Black Codes had to be approved throughout all the southern states.

How did Congress attempt to expand the rights of African Americans after the Civil War?

• By passing the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution

• By decreasing the funding for the Freedmen’s Bureau

• By supporting President Johnson’s Reconstruction plan

• By asking the Supreme Court to rule on the Civil Rights Act of 1866

Which of the following did Lincoln promise in his Ten Percent Plan for Reconstruction?

• Rapid readmission of Southern states into the Union

• Former slaves would have the right to vote

• Severe punishment, even death, to all major Confederate leaders

• A plan to allow no less than ten percent of blacks to vote

Which of the following is true of Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan? Choose three correct answers.

• It granted readmission when 10% of a state's voters swore allegiance to the United States

• It stipulated that at least ten percent of former slaves must be given the right to vote

• It granted forgiveness for Southerners except high ranking political leaders

• It required a new state government which had to ban slavery

• It allowed the rights of citizenship only to those Southerners who remained loyal to the Union during the Civil War

Which of the following was one of the functions of the Freedmen’s Bureau?

• Discourage segregation in the South

• Relocate former slaves to urban areas

• Provide assistance to former slaves

• Reward veterans with land and money