8th Grade Final Review [Reconstruction]

Which statement describes a temporary outcome of military Reconstruction?

• A. Former Confederate officials were returned to power.

• B. African Americans were elected to serve as federal, state, and local officials.

• C. Large numbers of Southern whites migrated to Northern cities.

• D. The United States became the world’s leading military power.

The main purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau was to

• A. provide aid and education to emancipated slaves

• B. help Confederate states get readmitted to the Union

• C. secure protection of African Americans’ voting rights

• D. prevent violence against African Americans in the South

President Lincoln most differed from the Radical Republicans on which issue?

• A. whether or not to create the Freedmen’s Bureau

• B. how to expand Union Army control over the South

• C. whether or not to pass the Thirteenth Amendment

• D. how to treat the leaders of the former Confederate states

Which policy prohibited federal and state officeholders who had fought for or supported the Confederacy from holding federal or state office?

• A. the Military Reconstruction Act

• B. the Thirteenth Amendment

• C. the Tenure of Office Act

• D. the Fourteenth Amendment

Radical Republicans in Congress were angered by Abraham Lincoln’s

• A. veto of the Wade-Davis Bill

• B. acceptance of the Anaconda Plan

• C. choice of Andrew Johnson as a running mate

• D. reluctance to support the Freedmen’s Bureau

The Fourteenth Amendment was adopted to

• A. extend voting rights to emancipated slaves

• B. prohibit laws and policies that protected slavery

• C. prevent states from seceding from the Union

• D. guarantee the right of states to make their own laws

Which development most undermined enforcement of the Thirteenth Amendment?

• A. President Johnson’s vetoes of Radical Republicans’ Reconstruction bills

• B. President Lincoln’s support for the Ten Percent Plan

• C. the rapid readmission of former Confederate states under President Johnson’s Reconstruction plan

• D. the reduction in programs run by the Freedmen’s Bureau during President Johnson’s administration

Which statement best describes challenges faced by African Americans in the South immediately after the Civil War?

• A. Many had not yet attained their freedom from slavery.

• B. Many lacked education and job skills.

• C. Many could not decide which candidates to support.

• D. Many were unable to work on large farms.

The purpose of the Black Codes was to

• A. require Northerners to return emancipated slaves to their masters

• B. preserve white supremacy in the South

• C. prevent emancipated slaves from migrating to Northern cities

• D. bring back the institution of slavery

Which statement best describes President Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan?

• A. A state could be readmitted if 10 percent of its voters pledged loyalty to the Union.

• B. A state could be readmitted if 10 percent of its citizens had served in the Union Army.

• C. A state that had rebelled would be allowed 10 percent of its representatives for 10 years.

• D. If a state agreed to rejoin the Union, all but 10 percent of its war debts would be taken on by the federal government.