Chapter 20 Test Review

What was the impact of the Compromise of 1877?

• It gave former slaves the right to vote.

• It ended Reconstruction.

• It made it illegal for the Southern military leaders to hold office.

• It established black codes across the country.

How did the outcome of the Civil War impact enslaved African Americans in the South?

• They were captured and returned to their owners.

• They escaped to freedom on the Underground Railroad.

• They were given ownership of the land they had farmed as slaves.

• They were freed from slavery.

How was Congress' Reconstruction Plan different from President Johnson's plan?

• Congress wanted to compromise with the South.

• Congress wanted to follow the plan started by President Lincoln.

• Congress wanted to be tougher on the South.

• Congress wanted to allow slavery.

Which statement best describes the role of President Andrew Johnson during Reconstruction?

• He rewrote the Presidential Reconstruction Plan to restore slavery in the United States.

• He worked with U.S. Congress to make readmission into the Union a very difficult process for the South.

• He put an end to Reconstruction to punish the South.

• He continued the work of Abraham Lincoln and enacted his Reconstruction plan.

What impact did President Lincoln's assassination have on the United States?

• Plans for Reconstruction became tougher on the South.

• Plans for Reconstruction were rejected by the South.

• Plans for Reconciliation were followed as Lincoln wanted.

• Plans for Reconciliation were destroyed by Andrew Johnson.

Why was the South in much worse shape than the North at the end of the Civil War?

• because the Union lost so many more soldiers than the Confederacy.

• because the Confederacy lost so many more soldiers than the Union.

• because Abraham Lincoln made the defeated Confederacy give all its money to the Union.

• because most battles were fought in the South, so damage there was much worse.

Which amendment abolished slavery throughout the United States?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

Which amendment grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States and guarantees them equal protection under the law?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

Which amendment protects the right of all citizens to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

Why was the 13th Amendment needed?

• to stop states from attempting to deny citizenship to freed slaves

• to ensure that slavery would never be used again in any U.S. state or territory

• to stop states from attempting to deny freed slaves their right to vote