Reconstruction

This person became President after Abraham Lincoln was assasinated:

• Ulysses S. Grant

• William Tecumseh Sherman

• Andrew Jackson

• Andrew Johnson

Answer explanation

Before the Civil War ended, Union Generals had decided to give abandoned plantation lands in southeastern South Carolina and Georgia to:

• Freedmen

• Northern land speculators

• Poor white farmers

• Union soldiers

Southerners who agreed with Northern reconstruction policies were known as:

• Carpetbaggers

• Boll weevils

• Rascals

• Scalawags

Which amendment gave ex-slaves citizenship?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

Andrew Johnson was impeached due to his violation of the:

• Civil Rights Act of 1866

• Military Reconstruction Act of 1867

• Habeas Corpus Act

• Tenure of Office Act

After the Civil War, this action limited economic opportunities for ex-slaves:

• Use of the sharecropping system

• Ratification of the Freedmen's Bureau

• Establishment of the Freedmen's Bureau

• Creation of Military Districts

Answer explanation

This event "ended" Reconstruction:

• Compromise of 1850

• Compromise of 1877

• Assasination of Andrew Johnson

• Election of Ulysses S. Grant

Answer explanation

What happened to MOST of the slaves in the years after the Civil War ended?

• They moved west.

• They went north to work in factories.

• They purchased land from plantation owners.

• They became sharecroppers or tenant farmers.

How did Hayes' election in 1876 help bring Reconstruction to an end?

• The Freedmen's Bureau took on a larger role in Southern states.

• Ex-slaves secured full political and civil rights.

• Hayes vetoed all Reconstruction legislation.

• Federal troops were removed from the south.

Southern states tried to limit freedmens' opportunities to vote by:

• Poll taxes

• Literacy tests

• Shooting ex-slaves attempting to vote

• A and B

Answer explanation