Chapter 10 - Reconstruction

Which group would not be allowed to vote or hold elective office under the provisions of the Wade-Davis Bill?

• African Americans
• former Confederate soldiers
• plantation owners
• former Confederate government officials

The Radical Republicans opposed President Lincoln’s Reconstruction plan, saying it was too

• harsh on the South.
• lenient on the South.
• generous to the freed people.
• difficult to carry out.

The actions of the Freedmen’s Bureau helped to prevent

• economic recovery.
• mass starvation.
• plantation labor.
• special courts.

What was the verdict in President Johnson’s impeachment trial?

• He was found guilty.
• He was removed from office.
• He escaped conviction by one vote.
• He was forced to confess his guilt.

The Congressional Reconstruction Act of 1867

• closed the South to Democrats.
• closed the South to scalawags.
• put the South under military rule.
• gave voting rights to all Southerners.

Which of the following was NOT a way the Freedmen’s Bureau helped formerly enslaved people?

• confiscated Confederate land and distributed it to formerly enslaved people.
• helped formerly enslaved people find work on plantations

• negotiated labor contracts with planters that specified pay and hours

• set up special courts to deal with grievances between workers and planters.

The Republican majority in Congress passed the Command of the Army Act and the Tenure of Office Act in order to ensure that

• General Ulysses S. Grant would accept the Republican nomination for president

• Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton would support their plan for Reconstruction.

• President Johnson would enforce the Military Reconstruction Act.

• they would be able to override any attempt by President Johnson to veto legislation.

Ulysses S. Grant won the presidency in 1868 primarily because of his

• appeal to both Democrats and Republicans.

• political experience.

• popularity in the North and in the South.

• reputation for winning the Civil War.

At the end of the Civil War, what was NOT one of the Radical Republicans main goals?

• help African Americans achieve political equality

• prevent the leaders of the Confederacy from returning to power

• make the Republican Party a powerful political force in the South

• create economic opportunities for African Americans

The main charge at President Johnson’s impeachment trial was that he had

• broken the law by issuing pardons to Confederate leaders.
• broken the law by refusing to uphold the Tenure of Office Act.
• taken bribes in exchange for appointments to government jobs.
• violated the Fourteenth Amendment by allowing black codes to stand.