USHC 3 Civil War - Reconstruction

What was the result of the disputed Presidential Election of 1876?

• Reconstruction ended as federal troops were removed from the South.

• Slavery was re-established in the South by state legislatures.

• New state laws were passed in the South to guarantee equal rights for African Americans.

• A constitutional amendment was adopted to correct problems with the electoral college system

What was the purpose of Black Codes during Reconstruction?

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

• The codes were laws passed by mainly Southern states to keep African Americans subordinate to whites.

• The codes established educational standards for freedmen.

• The codes provided forty acres and a mule to freedmen.

Which of these directly impacted the voting of southern African Americans after the Civil War?

 (Choose 3 that apply)

• Violence and intimidation by angry whites

• Ratification of the 15th Amendment

• Poll taxes and literacy tests

• 13th and 14th Amendments

How did the southern states try to limit the effects of Radical Reconstruction after 1877?

• By adopting federally-mandated segregation

• By enacting Jim Crow Laws

• By abolishing the southern sharecropping system

• By securing passage of new amendments to the Constitution

What was a significant reason why Radical Republicans opposed President Abraham Lincoln's Reconstruction plan?

• Lincoln's plan granted too many rights to formerly enslaved persons.

• Lincoln's plan demanded payments from the South that would have damaged the South's economy.

• Lincoln's plan postponed the readmission of southern states into the Union for many years.

• Lincoln's plan would have allowed white southerners to quickly return to power.

In the end, which of the following factors contributed to the South's defeat in the American Civil War?

• Although, the South had larger population, its leaders lacked the organization to effectively build an army.

• The South could not overcome the superior military leadership possessed by the North.

• The North had too many resources and too much manpower for the South to sustain its fight.

• Many stopped fighting for the South after they heard Lincoln had been killed.

What was one major result of the North's victory in the Civil War?

• The power of the Supreme Court was limited.

• Slave owners were compensated for their losses.

• The influence of corporations on government was reduced.

• The supremacy of the national government was upheld.

What was the significance of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment during the Civil War?

• The Regiment defeated Union troops at Fort Sumter.

• The Regiment defended the Mississippi River at the Battle of Vicksburg.

• The Regiment achieved a Union victory during the first naval battle fought between ironclads.

• The Regiment gained respect and notoriety for African American soldiers who joined the Union.

What was considered the turning point battle of the Civil War?

• Gettysburg

• Manassas

• Saratoga

• Antietam

Which Civil War battle resulted in the Union gaining strategic control of the Mississippi River, fulfilling the Western goal of the Anaconda Plan?

• Antietam

• Vicksburg

•  Gettysburg

• Bull Run