Presidential Reconstruction

After the Civil War, southern states adopted Black Codes to —

• punish plantation owners for the use of slavery
• support Radical Reconstruction objectives in the South
• promote the activities of the Freedmen’s Bureau
• limit the impact of the Thirteenth Amendment

The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution affected the lives of millions of African Americans by —

• A. providing them with voting rights
• B. guaranteeing their freedom of speech
• C. providing them with access to the court system
• D. guaranteeing their permanent freedom from slavery

Reconstruction was the process of

• rebuilding the South after the Civil War
• creating land zones for freedmen after the Civil War
• instituting Black Codes for former slaves
• eliminating the plantation economy in the South

Johnson's Reconstruction plan was seen by many as lenient on the South.

• True
• False

Which is NOT an example of a Black Code?

• Freedmen cannot own businesses or be employed as skilled labor.

• Freedmen must have proof of employment or risk arrest and forced labor.

• Freedmen cannot own any guns or firearms.

• Freedmen can sell, barter, and exhange goods without needing special permission.

What is the name of the man who assassinated Abe Lincoln

• Andrew Johnson

• Ulysses S. Grant

• John Wilkes Booth

• Abraham Lincoln

Name for laws that kept African Americans in conditions similar to slavery

• Jim Crow Rules

• Black Codes

• KKK Act

• None of the above

How can you summarize Lincolns plan for reconstruction

• Punishing the south

• Rebuilding the north

• Easy to rejoin the Union

• Easy to rejoin the confederacy

Why is Lincolns plan called the 10% plan?

• Required states to free 10% of their slaves in order to rejoin the Union

• Required 10% of a state to swear an oath to the Union before rejoining the Union

• 10% of farmland would go to former slaves

• States had to repay 10% of their war debts before rejoining the Union

What was NOT a goal of Reconstruction?

• to give women the right to vote

• reunite north and south

• rebuild the south

• heal the wounds of a divided nation