Unit Four Review B

Southerners faced the task of rebuilding cities, industries, and farms devastated by the Civil War.

• True

• False

The main goal of Reconstruction was to

• Revive the economies of the northern states after the Civil War.

• Establish a new national government following the Civil War.

• Provide newly freed slaves with land and money.

• Readmit the former Confederate states into the Union.

How did the Freedmen’s Bureau help African Americans transition from slavery to full citizenship? Select 2.

• It provided access to food, clothing, medical services, and education.

• It helped people acquire land and gain access to jobs.

• It restricted the rights of freedmen

• It allowed plantation owners to exploit African American workers.

Lincoln’s main vision for Reconstruction was to

• Quickly return the South to its previous way of life.

• See freed slaves living as equals with their white counterparts.

• Make it difficult for the southern states to reenter the Union.

• Reunite the nation as quickly and painlessly as possible.

Why was Lincoln unable to encourage Congress to accept his Reconstruction plan?

• President Lincoln's plan did not allow Northerners to vote on the Reconstruction Acts.

• President Lincoln was assassinated before he was able to encourage Congress.

• Congress believed Lincoln's plan was too difficult for the South.

• Congress believed that the Freemen's Bureau should be responsible for Reconstruction.

The __th Amendment abolishes slavery. (Put the number in the blank.)

The __th Amendment guarantees equal protection of the laws. (Put the number in the blank.)

The __th Amendment protects African American men's right to vote. (Put the number in the blank.)

What role did African Americans play in early Reconstruction politics in the South?

• They voted and served as elected officials in some Southern states.

• They passed laws to deny African Americans their rights.

• They charged poll taxes to discourage voting.

• They voted to impeach President Johnson.

"We believe you are not familiar with the Ku Klux Klan's riding nightly over the country spreading terror wherever they go...."

--Records of the U.S. Senate, April 1871

The Ku Klux Klan used violence against African Americans to keep them from voting.

• True

• False