US - Reconstruction [part 1] - 21-22

"Reconstruction" was the time period -

• right after the Civil War when the seceded states were rebuilt and gradually brought back into the Union

• right before the Civil War when Abraham Lincoln was elected as President of the U.S.

• during the Civil War when both sides agreed to stop fighting for a few months and make a peace treaty

• NONE of these answers are correct

Before his death, Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction was to allow the Southern states to re-enter the U.S. once -

• 10% of the people took an oath of allegiance and the state passed the 13th Amendment

• 25% of the people took an oath of allegiance and the state passed the 14th Amendment

• 50% of the people took an oath of allegiance and the state passed the 15th Amendment

• 75% of the people took an oath of allegiance and the state passed the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

Which of these groups was most interested in punishing the South for seceding from the U.S. and causing the Civil War?

• Radical Republicans

• Daring Democrats

• Intelligent Independents

• Fancy Federalists

Which of these men was the Vice President who took over the Presidency when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated?

• Andrew Johnson

• Hannibal Hamlin

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Jefferson Davis

Which amendment officially abolished slavery?

• the 13th Amendment

• the 14th Amendment

• the 15th Amendment

• the 16th Amendment

Which amendment protected the citizenship rights of former slaves?

• the 13th Amendment

• the 14th Amendment

• the 15th Amendment

• the 16th Amendment

Which of these amendments gave African American men the right to vote?

• the 13th Amendment

• the 14th Amendment

• the 15th Amendment

• the 16th Amendment

Taken together, the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments were created to protect the rights of -

• former slaves

• soldiers coming home from the Civil War

• people accused of a crime

• women

During Reconstruction, many of the Southern states created laws that restricted the rights of former slaves. These laws were known as -

• Black Codes

• Slave Rules

• Laws of the South

• Acts of the Confederacy

What group used voter intimidation and targeted violence against African American leaders in order to overthrow the Republican governments in the South?

• the Ku Klux Klan

• the Confederate Army

• the Radical Republicans

• the Freedmen