Chapter 17 Reconstruction

Which of the following is an example of a black code?

• a law granting African Americans the right to hold public office

• a secret symbol used to signify stops on the Underground Railroad

• a law prohibiting African Americans from serving on juries

• the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

Which of these was NOT a problem during Reconstruction?

• lack of food and shelter for freedmen

• invasions by Mexican soldiers

• bitterness between North and South

• scarcity of money

Many delegates who wrote the Texas Constitution of 1866 were

• African Americans

• supporters of the Confederacy

• women

• Union officers

The Texas Constitution of 1866 failed to

• abolish slavery.

• declare secession illegal.

• cancel the state's war debts.

• give African Americans the right to vote.

On March 30, 1870, President Grant signed a proclamation ending

• the Civil War.

• the Fifteenth Amendment.

• Reconstruction in Texas.

• the war with Native Americans.

The federal agency created to assist newly freed slaves was the

• Ku Klux Klan.

• Ladies Needle Battalion.

• Welfare Department.

• Freedman's Bureau.

The period of reestablishing governments in the South after the Civil War is called

• Reconstruction.

• Renewal.

• Reunion.

• Rejoining.

After being impeached, President Johnson

• was removed from office.

• lost most of his influence.

• left office voluntarily.

• was reelected to a second term.

The president of the United States impeached during Reconstruction was

• Abraham Lincoln.

• Andrew Jackson.

• Ulysses S. Grant.

• Andrew Johnson.

The military commander of Texas and Louisiana during Reconstruction was

• Andrew Johnson.

• Gordon Granger.

• George A. Custer.

• Philip Sheridan.