Reconstruction Review #1

The South would not be able to maintain its agricultural output until it developed a new system to replace

• cotton with another cash crop.

• enslaved labor.

• cotton gins.

• plantations.

To receive a pardon under Lincoln's Reconstruction plan, Southerners had to take an oath of loyalty and

• pay damages to the North.

• set up schools for freedmen.

• promise to never secede again.

• accept his proclamation ending slavery.

Why did the Radical Republicans want to ensure African Americans had the right to vote?

• Freedmen counted towards congressional seats, giving Southern states more power.

• Lincoln had wanted voting rights for African Americans.

• Republicans knew that freed African Americans would side with Southern leaders in elections.

• Their constituents pressured representatives to ensure that Union soldiers had not died in vain.

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

• former Confederate soldiers

• plantation owners

• former Confederate government officials

• African Americans

What result of the Civil War prompted the creation of the Freedmen's Bureau?

• There was a great deal of abandoned land throughout the South.

• Most African Americans were illiterate and therefore could not vote.

• Newly freed African Americans had no homes nor any way to support themselves.

• Plantation owners had no one to tend their crops.

Who became President after Lincoln's assassination?

• Thaddeus Stevens

• Andrew Johnson

• Jefferson Davis

• Andrew Jackson

What result of President Johnson's restoration plan angered Congress?

• The plan did not offer African Americans the right to vote.

• President Johnson granted amnesty to civilians.

• Many elite plantation owners were able to purchase more land.

• Southern voters had elected several Confederate officers and officials to Congress.

How was the Radical Republicans' Reconstruction plan different than Johnson and Lincoln's plans?

• They wanted to severely punish the South and guarantee African-Americans equal rights, including the right to vote

• They wanted to go easy on the South and bring the Union back together as peacefully as possible

• They believed 10% of each state's population had to take a loyalty oath to the Union

• They didn't believe Blacks should have any equal rights

What was the goal of Black Codes?

• They were designed to aid African Americans with the voter registration process.

• They were designed to control freed slaves and ensure they would continue to be a labor force.

• They were designed to restrict freed slaves from ever farming again.

• They were designed to secretly move African Americans to the free North.

The Civil Rights Act of 1866 granted citizenship to all persons born in the United States EXCEPT

• African Americans.

• carpetbaggers.

• Native Americans.

• women.