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Reconstruction

Authored by Angela Beecher

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10th - 11th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The federal government divided the South into military districts during the Reconstruction Era in response to

the redistribution of land by Southern states to punish former slaveholders and Confederate supporters.

the passage of legislation by Southern states aimed at restricting the rights of formerly enslaved persons.

the struggles of Southern states to industrialize at the pace necessary for their economies to recover.

the inability of Southern states to adequately defend themselves against attacks by foreign aggressors.

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

In what TWO ways did the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln affect Reconstruction policies?

Former slaves were denied citizenship until they could prove their literacy.

Confederate supporters received harsher punishments than they would have otherwise.

Plantation owners were given back land that had been confiscated from them.

The readmission of Southern states to the Union became more difficult and drawn-out.

States governments determined whether to extend suffrage to African Americans.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was NOT a part of President Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction?

No former supporter of the Confederacy would be allowed to vote in federal elections for ten years.

All Southerners except high-ranking Confederate government and army officials would be pardoned.

The federal government would protect the property rights of Southerners except regarding slaves.

Ten percent of each state's voters had to swear allegiance to the United States before the state could rejoin the Union.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

As compared to the Reconstruction plans of Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, the Congressional Reconstruction plan was more focused on which of the following?

protecting the political rights of African Americans

protecting Southern business interests

punishing "border states" for not supporting the Union

punishing Southern states for seceding

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following statements regarding Southern states' readmission to the Union under Presidential Reconstruction is correct?

They could be readmitted even if they did not pay off their war debt.

They could be readmitted even if they did not formally end the practice of slavery.

They could be readmitted even if they did not allow freed slaves to vote.

They could be readmitted even if they did not swear loyalty to the United States.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In their plans for Reconstruction, what did both President Abraham Lincoln and President Andrew Johnson seek to do?

allow the Southern states to rejoin the Union as quickly as possible

force the Southern states to pay reparations to the federal government

establish the Republican Party as the dominant political party in the South

regulate Southern industries in an effort to help the Northern economy recover

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

As opposed to Presidential Reconstruction, the Radical Republican plan for Reconstruction was especially concerned with what?

preserving states' rights

restoring the South to the Union

upholding the civil rights of freed slaves

returning confiscated property to Southerners

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