Chapter 17 Reconstruction Era

The Reconstruction Era was from ________ to 1877.

• 1863

• 1864

• 1865

• 1866

President Abraham Lincoln offered a ______________ to all Southerners who were willing to swear an oath of loyalty to the United States.

• parole

• pardon

• horse and land

• stay of execution

Under President Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction plan, each state was required to ________________ its act of secession.

• nullify

• amend

• ratify

• reinstate

General Charles Griffin used the army and the Freedmen's Bureau to register male _____________________ to vote across the state.

• Confederates

• Unionists

• Hispanics

• Blacks

The ____________________ used violence and terror in an effort to prevent African Americans from voting.

• Ku Klux Klan

• Texas Rangers

• Comanche Indians

• Rough Riders

Who controlled the Fifth Military District that was made up of Texas and Louisiana?

• Andrew Johnson

• General Phillip Sheridan

• Edmund Davis

• Richard Coke

Who removed thousands of white, former Confederates from the voting rolls in Texas?

• Andrew Johnson

• Richard Coke

• Charles Griffin

• General Phillip Sheridan

Who won the 1873 governor election on the promise of restoring Texas to the days before Radical Reconstruction?

• Andrew Johnson

• General Sheridan

• Edmund Davis

• Richard Coke

Who took up the task of Reconstruction after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated?

• Andrew Johnson

• Edmund Davis

• Richard Coke

• Charles Griffin

Who set up a system of free public schools in Texas?

• Andrew Johnson

• General Sheridan

• Charles Griffin

• Edmund Davis