Chapter 23 Quiz Review

Which describes Abraham Lincoln's approach to the South at the end of the Civil War

• The South should be punished for its part in the war.

• The South should be treated with kindness and justice.

• The South should ratify the Fourteenth Amendment

• The South should pay for property damage caused by war.

All of these were included in President Johnson's Reconstruction Plan except

• cancellation of war debts

• new state constitutions for Confederate states.

• ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment.

• guarantee of voting rights for freedmen

Which of these was a lasting effect of the Freedmen's Bureau?

• job security

• land distribution

• free medical care

• educational opportunity

What was the purpose of the black codes?

• to control former slaves

• to provide fair wages for freedmen

• to reconstruct the plantation system

• to teach language skills to freedmen

Why was the Thirteenth Amendment passed?

• to abolish slavery

• to provide citizenship to former slaves

• to allow freedmen to run for office

• to legislate fair treatment of all citizens

What did Congress hope the Enforcement Acts would prevent?

• Misuse of tax money.

• Attacks on political leaders.

• attempts to keep people from voting

• opposition to new state governments

What does the Fourteenth Amendment guarantee to citizens?

• the right to vote

• the right to medical care

• equal protection of the law

• separate but equal public facilities

During Congressional Reconstruction, which group held political power in the South?

• wealthy, white landowners

• former Confederate leaders

• members of the Ku Klux Klan

• people who had been loyal to the United States

In 1867, which of these made up the largest group of new Southern voters?

• African Americans

• white Southern Democrats

• former Confederate soldiers

• Northerners who moved to the South

What was the purpose of the Fifteenth Amendment?

• to give all citizens the right to vote

• to provide education for all citizens

• to raise taxes to repair damage to the South

• to protect the voting rights of African American men