Reconstruction

Why was President Andrew Johnson impeached?

• America did not want him to allow the South back into the Union

• Congress feared that he would make the South secede again

• Congress did not want him to undermine Congressional Reconstruction

• Lincoln wanted to be President again

Why were Black Codes instituted mainly in the South during Reconstruction?

• The codes established educational standards for freedmen that matched those set for whites.

• Southern whites were determined to 

  retain their autonomy and way of life

• Northerners wanted to make Southerners happy with returning to the Union.

• The codes were laws meant to protect the constitutional rights and liberties of freed slaves.

Which Supreme Court case was overturned by the 14th Amendment?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Marberry v. Madison

• Scott v. Sandford

• Brown v. Board of Education

A reconstruction amendment states that "the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."

Which of the following best explains the PRIMARY PURPOSE of this amendment?

• To guarantee that all citizens, regardless of property ownership, could participate in state and local elections

• To prevent former enslaved people from holding elected office in Southern states after the Civil War

• To establish the federal government's authority to regulate all voting procedures across every state in the nation

• To ensure that freed African American men could exercise their constitutional right to vote without racial discrimination

What was the Reconstruction Act of 1867?

• Divided South into 5 military districts to be run by former Union generals

• Divided South into 5 military districts to be run by former Confederate generals

• Divided North into 5 military districts to be run by former Union generals

• Divided North into 5 military districts to be run by former Confederate generals