Reconstruction Era

Which era involved legislation enacted by the Radical Republicans?

• Civil War

• Reconstruction

• Early Republic

• Antebellum

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8.1A

This political cartoon comments on events that occurred during the -

• Reconstruction era

• Age of Jackson

• Second Great Awakening

• War of 1812

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8.1A

Many historians argue that the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln changed the course of Reconstruction. Which of the following is usually cited as an aspect of that change?

• Radical Republicans took control of Congress

• Congress imposed taxes on cotton imports to pay war debts

• The 13th Amendment was approved by Congress

• Congress repealed legislation regulating railroad construction

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8.8C

Which of the following expresses a goal of the Reconstruction Acts of 1867?

• To restore the Democratic Party to power in the South

• To rebuild the plantation economy of the South

• To protect the rights of African Americans in the South

• To encourage former slaves to leave the South

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8.9A

How did the Freedmen's Bureau most assist in the reconstruction of the South?

• By dividing large plantations and redistributing the property to former slaves

• By creating a militia to help enforce the voting rights of former slaves

• By offering legal assistance and public schooling to former slaves

• By petitioning the government to offer money to former slaves

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8.9A

These reforms were instituted by -

• Governors during the colonial era

• Reconstruction governments after the Civil War

• Patriots during the American Revolution

• Revivalists after the Second Great Awakening

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8.9A

What is the historical significance of this act?

• It was the first time Congress voted to overrule a presidential veto

• It represented a shift in federal power after the impeachment of President Johnson

• It was the first time Congress passed a law that protected racial minorities

• It represented the failure of northern abolitionists to influence Reconstruction policies

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8.9A

Which breakthrough did Hiram Rhodes Revels accomplish during Reconstruction?

• He became the first African American to publish literature

• He became the first African American to build wealth as a carpetbagger

• He became the first African American to win a seat in the U.S. Congress

• He became the first African American soldier to serve in an integrated Union Army unit

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8.9B

What is the "great act" referred to by Senator Sumner in this excerpt?

• The Senate's readmission of the last Confederate state

• The addition of Hiram Rhodes Revels to the U.S. Senate

• The Senate's acquittal of President Andrew Jackson

• The election of the first woman to the U.S. Senate

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8.9B

The election of Hiram Rhodes Revels in 1870 was significant because he was the first African American to -

• win an election as a member of the Democratic Party

• win a majority of the popular vote in Mississippi

• serve as a member of the U.S. Senate

• run for public office in the South

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8.9B