Chapter 13 Test

How did the Freedmen’s Bureau assist freedpeople and poor southerners after the Civil War?

• by offering 40-acre plots of land

• by building schools and colleges

• by organizing mutual-aid societies

• by setting up the sharecropping system

Which best characterizes Louisiana's Reconstruction period?

• safety and change

• peace and stability

• change and violence

• prosperous and peaceful

Which Reconstruction amendment made slavery illegal throughout the country?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

Which event created a need to pass the 14th Amendment?

• Colfax Massacre

• ending segregation

• passing Black Codes

• attack on the Cabildo

Which Reconstruction amendment gave African American men the right to vote?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

How were Lincoln and Johnson's Reconstruction plans similar?

• They both pardoned all Confederate officers and soldiers

• They focused on bringing states back into the Union quickly

• They both focused on punishing the rebel states

• They both focused on establishing equal rights for men of all races

Which occurred as a result of Johnson's lenient Reconstruction policies?

• All people were given the right to vote regardless of race or gender

• Union loyalists continued to punish rebel leaders

• Former Confederates were able regain control of the State Leg.

• Former Confederates were pardoned but not allowed to participate in politics

What happened as a result of the Mechanic's Institute Riot?

• President Johnson sent troops to Louisiana to prevent another riot

• Former Confederates who had participated in the riot were tried and jailed

• Laws were passed giving freedmen the right to vote

• Northern outrage led to the election of more Radical Republicans and stricter legislation

What does disfranchise mean?

• allow a person to vote

• to deny a person citizenship

• fine a person for tax evasion

• to take away the right to vote

Which Reconstruction amendment granted citizenship to all people born in the country (except for Native Americans)?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment