Module 19 Post Test - 8th Grade - Reconstruction

How did the Freedmen's Bureau assist freed people 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 group wanted President Johnson's administration to take a much more active role in Reconstruction?

• Democrats
• Redeemers
• Radical Republicans
• ex-Confederate officials

Which amendment did President Johnson oppose that became an important issue in the congressional elections of 1866 and even led to riots in two southern cities.

• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment
• 16th Amendment

The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 divided the South into five districts that were led by:

• a federal judge
• a military commander
• a temporary governor
• a member of Congress

As part of the effort to reverse the accomplishments of Reconstruction, southern governments used _________ and ________ to prevent African Americans from voting. (Choose 2 correct answers)

• poll taxes
• literacy tests
• property taxes
• work contracts
• union dues

Which of the following helped weaken northern support for Reconstruction? (Choose 2 correct answers)

• Panic of 1873
• Ku Klux Klan violence
• Whiskey Ring scandal
• Civil Rights Act of 1875
• General Amnesty Act of 1872

Which of the following industries was important to rebuilding the economy of the "New South"?

• oil
• steel
• textile
• fishing

Which of the following feature(s) were ONLY part of Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction?

• granted amnesty

• required loyalty oath from 10% of state's voters

• states had to recognize that slavery was illegal

• required declaration that secession was illegal

Which of the following feature(s) were ONLY part of Johnson's plan for Reconstruction?

• granted amnesty

• required loyalty oath from 10% of state's voters

• states had to recognize that slavery was illegal

• required declaration that secession was illegal

Which of the following feature(s) were part of both Lincoln's and Johnson's plans for Reconstruction?

• granted amnesty

• required loyalty oath from 10% of state's voters

• states had to recognize that slavery was illegal

• required declaration that secession was illegal