US History Reconstruction

Many Southern States tried to limit the effects of Radical Reconstruction by

• adopting federal laws mandating segregation

• Enacting Jim Crow Laws

The passage of Jim Crow laws in the South limited the effectiveness of

• the 14th and 15th amendments

• The Freedmen's Bureau

• Black Codes

The passage of the 14th and 15th amendments resulted in

• equal rights for women

• expanded rights for Native American Indians

• increased individual rights for African Americans

The institution of slaver was formally abolished in the US by the

• Compromise of 1850

• Emancipation Proclamation of 1863

• ratification of the 13th amendment in 1865

During Reconstruction, President Andrew Johnson tried to incorporate most of President Lincoln's plan for

• granting suffrage to former slaves

• readmitting the Southern States into the Union

• increasing the power of the North over the South

After the Civil War, the poll tax, literacy test, and a grandfather clause were used to ensure that

• all citizens exercised the right to vote

• poor people were given equal voting rights

• the voting rights of most former slaves were denied.

What was a major result of the Civil War?

• States now had the right to secede from the Union.

• Congress passed an amendment to provide from the direct election of senators

• The power of the central government was strengthened

One similarity shared by President Andrew Johnson and President Bill Clinton is that both

• were impeached but not convicted

• had no vice president

• came to office after the death of a president

During the Reconstruction Era, the 15th amendment was adopted to grant African Americans

• educational opportunities

• freedom of speech

• voting rights

Extending the right to vote in national elections to formerly enslaved African Americans was accomplished through

• a constitutional amendment

• a congressional law

• a presidential executive order