Reconstruction Test Review

This was the program implemented by the federal government between 1865 and 1877 to repair damage to the South caused by the Civil War and restore the southern states to the Union

• Reconstruction

• Readmission

• Civil Rights Acts

• White League

All of the following were true about the South after the Civil War EXCEPT

• African Americans lacked citizenship and ways to make a living

• African Americans were still considered slaves

• Homes and properties were destroyed and/or abandoned

• Businesses closed down due to poor economy

At the start of Reconstruction, African Americans did NOT have any of the following EXCEPT

• Freedom from slavery

• Voting rights

• Full citizenship

• Access to education

Congressmen who advocated full citizenship rights for African Americans along with a harsh Reconstruction policy towards the South

• Radical Republicans

• Moderate Republicans

• Southern Democrats

• Free Soilers

This was an organization that helped feed, clothe, and educate newly freed African Americans and poor whites

• Freedman's Bureau

• White League

• Klu Klux Klan

• Radical Republicans

Which one of these was NOT true about Andrew Johnson?

• He was Lincoln's Vice President and took over after he was assassinated

• He was impeached by Congress

• He passed all of the Radical Republican policies

• He wanted to restore the status of southern states

Southern states did all of the following in response to rejoining the Union EXCEPT...

• instituted black codes

• limited the vote to white men

• Sent former Confederate officials to Congress

• Gave newly freed African Americans 40 acres and a mule

This was a law that established federal guarantees of civil rights for all citizens, passed despite President Johnson's veto

• Civil Rights Act of 1866

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

1868 constitutional amendment which defined citizenship and guarantees citizens equality under the law

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• Klu Klux Klan Act

1870 constitutional amendment that guaranteed voting rights to men regardless of race or previous condition ofservitude

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• Enforcement Acts