Reconstruction Review

"With malice [hatred] toward none, with charity for all . . . let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds . . ."

Based on this quote, what was Abraham Lincoln's approach to reconstructing the South?

• The South should be treated with kindness and justice.

• The South should ratify the Fourteenth Amendment.

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

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

Who assassinated President Lincoln

• John Wilkes Booth

• Andrew Johnson

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

All of these were included in President Johnson’s Reconstruction plan except

• cancellation of war debts.

• ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment.

• guarantee of voting rights for freedmen.

• new state constitutions for Confederate states.

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

• free medical care

• land distribution

• educational opportunity

• job security

What was the purpose of the black codes?

• to provide fair wages for freedmen

• to control former slaves

• to teach language skills to freedmen

• to reconstruct the plantation system

What was the purpose of the Thirteenth Amendment?

• to provide citizenship to former slaves

• to allow freedmen to run for office

• to legislate fair treatment of all citizens

• to abolish slavery

What does the Fourteenth Amendment guarantee to all individuals in the United States?

• equal protection of the law

• the right to vote

• separate but equal public facilities

• the right to medical care

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

• members of the Ku Klux Klan

• wealthy, white landowners

• people who had been loyal to the United States

• former Confederate leaders

The Military Reconstruction Act was enacted in response to the actions of which president?

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Abraham Lincoln

• Andrew Johnson

• Rutherford B. Hayes

As a result of the Military Reconstruction Act 1867, which of these made up the largest group of new Southern voters?

• Northerners who moved to the South

• former Confederate soldiers

• white Southern Democrats

• African Americans