US 2 Unit 1 Review

During and after the Civil War Southern economy was based on

• Industry

• Agriculture

Which is the best description of Reconstruction?

• rebuilding the US after a big earthquake
• a period of rebuilding in the US after the Revolutionary War
• a period of rebuilding in the US after the Civil War
• unfair treatment of African Americans after the Civil War

What organization created public education, health care and training in the South for freedmen?

• the Ku Klux Klan

• the Radical Republicans

• the Freedmen's Bureau

• the Carpetbaggers

During the Reconstruction Era many Radical Republicans passed legislative reforms that were designed to --

• support the passage of the black codes in the former Confederate states

• actively resist the Wade-Davis Bill that granted equal rights to African Americans

• give economic opportunities and political rights to the newly freed slaves

• create lenient measures to make it easy for the southern states to rejoin the Union

Which plan required a 50% oath of loyalty, creation of the Freedman's Bureau, and punishment of the South

• Johnson
• Lincoln
• Radical Republicans
• Democrats

Many members of Congress opposed President Johnson's plan for Reconstruction because

• they believed the South had not suffered enough consequences for the war

• they did not want newly freed African Americans to be granted voting rights

• they thought former Confederate officials should return to leadership roles

• they thought it should be more lenient on Southerners, like Lincoln's plan

Who was the leader of the Radical Republicans during Reconstruction?

• Andrew Johnson

• Abraham Lincoln

• Edwin Stanton

• Thaddeus Stevens

What was the most significant result of President Johnson's impeachment?

• Reconstruction was able to move forward without his interference

• Andrew Johnson had to resign as president and leave office

• Johnson was convicted and a new president was elected

• Presidents were no longer allowed to fire government officials

What did the 13th amendment accomplish?

• It mad slavery illegal

• Grants citizenship & equal protection

• Guarantees voting rights

What did the 14th amendment accomplish?

• Freedom of religion

• Grants citizenship and equal protection

• Made slavery illegal

• Guarantees voting rights