Reconstruction Assessment

How did the federal government respond when former Confederate states refused to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment?

• The south was split into military districts and governed under martial law.

• The Ku Klux Klan was outlawed by the federal government.

• Plantation owners were forcefully relocated to the American West.

• The Democratic Party was banned from participating in state elections.

What was one success of the Freedmen's Bureau during Reconstruction?

• It prevented the Ku Klux Klan from recruiting members in Georgia.

• It created the first public school system in Georgia.

• It helped Democrats take control of Southern governments.

• It made sure that segregated public facilities were equal.

Why were more than twenty state legislators removed from the Georgia General Assembly in the 1869 incident known as Terry's Purge?

• to discourage African Americans from participating in the political process

• to prevent the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment

• to limit the power and influence of former Confederates in state politics

• to delay the readmittance of Georgia to the United States

What contributed to Atlanta's rapid economic recovery after the Civil War?

• City leaders focused on helping freedmen and freedwomen find work.

• City leaders encouraged northerners to migrate to Atlanta.

• City leaders encouraged farmers to grow crops other than cotton.

• City leaders focused on rebuilding Atlanta's railroad network.

In 1870, Georgia was readmitted into the Union after the state

• desegregated its public school system

• adopted a new state constitution

• arrested former Confederate leaders

• ratified the Fifteenth Amendment

Why was the Thirteenth Amendment significant to Georgia during Reconstruction?

• The government removed federal troops from Georgia after the state ratified the amendment.

• Georgia was required to ratify the amendment before it was eligible to rejoin the Union.

• Georgia's legislature voted to nullify the amendment during Presidential Reconstruction.

• The government refused to begin Reconstruction until Georgia ratified the amendment.

Why did President Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction policies lead to conflict with Congress and his impeachmet?

• Members of Congress believed Johnson encouraged carpetbaggers to move to the South and run for office.

• Members of Congress believed Johnson was too lenient on former Confederate soldiers and politicians.

• Members of Congress believed Johnson was too focused on protecting the rights of freedmen in the South.

• Members of Congress believed Johnson purposefully delayed allowing Southern states to rejoin the Union.

Under Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction plan, which TWO of the following must each former Confederate state do in order to be readmitted to the Union?

• redistribute the lands of former slave owners

  and pay reparation to the federal government

• pay reparations to the federal government and

  redistribute the lands of former slave owners

• abolish the practice of slavery and repeal its secession ordinance

• repeal its secession ordinance and

  imprison former Confederate leaders

What is the difference between the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment?

• The signing of the Emancipation Proclamation was the only way the states that seceded from the Union would be readmitted into the United States.

• The 13th Amendment protects the rights of slave owners while the Emancipation Proclamation protects the rights of the slaves.

• The Emancipation Proclamation only frees the slaves belonging to the Confederate States while the 13th Amendment made the institution of slavery illegal within the United States.

• Both documents make slavery illegal within the United States, but the Emancipation Proclamation was created during the Civil War while the 13th Amendment was created after the war.

During Reconstruction, the Ku Klux Klan used terrorism and violence to pursue which political goal?

• adoption of new constitutions in Southern states

• election of Andrew Johnson to the presidency

• control of Southern governments by democrats

• control of Congress by the Radical Republicans