EOC Review Civil War & Reconstruction

Which statement describes a long-term impact of the Civil War?

• Many state governments appointed African Americans to political offices.

• Southern whites instituted policies that forced African Americans into sharecropping & debt peonage

• Southern states enacted laws that forced African Americans to organize political parties

• The federal government compensated African Americans with land from former plantations

Which statement describes a major accomplishment of Radical Republicans during Reconstruction?

• Executive authority was expanded.

• Former slaves received compensation.

• Southern industrial production was restored.

• . Civil rights legislation protected former slaves.

For what reason was President Andrew Johnson impeached?

• dismissing the Secretary of War in violation of the Tenure of Office Act

• suspending the right of habeas corpus in violation of the U.S. Constitution

• pardoning Jefferson Davis in violation of the terms of Confederate surrender

• refusing to enforce the Reconstruction Acts in violation of the will of Congress

How were African Americans impacted by the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

• African Americans were protected from forced labor

• African Americans were guaranteed equal treatment.

• African Americans were provided with the right to vote.

• African Americans were guaranteed the right to sue in a court of law.

Read the following excerpt from a presidential proclamation issued in 1865 and answer the question below.

"I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, . . . hereby grant and assure to all white persons who have, directly or indirectly, participated in the existing rebellion, except as hereinafter excepted, a full pardon, but upon the condition, nevertheless, that every such person will . . . take and subscribe the following oath . . ."

Why did Radical Republicans disagree with this proclamation?

• They were interested in a quick reunification of the nation.

• They were opposed to the Reconstruction Amendments.

• They wanted to punish former Confederates.

• They supported the legality of secession

What do the fourteenth and fifteenth amendment have in common?

• power to tax

• abolition of slavery

• granting rights to citizens

• granting of public education

Which of the following recommended using naval blockades of Southern ports to prevent the sell of cotton to Europe in exchange for war supplies?

• Anaconda Plan

• Dawes Act

• Freeport Doctrine

• Olstend Manifesto

Read the following list, which shows some examples of Jim Crow laws, and answer the question below.

• Florida prohibited marriage between certain groups of people.

• Alabama required railroad stations to have separate waiting rooms for African Americans.

• Oklahoma required that African Americans pass a literacy test before being allowed to vote.

• Mississippi required racially segregated public schools

Based on this list, which state was in direct violation of the Fifteenth Amendment?

• Alabama

• Florida

• Oklahoma

• Mississippi

In their plans for Reconstruction, what did both President Abraham Lincoln and President Andrew Johnson seek to do?

• establish the Republican Party as the dominant political party in the South

• punish the South for starting the Civil War

• allow the southern states to reenter the nation as quickly as possible

• force the southern states to pay reparations to the federal government

Look at the following list and answer the question below.

Freedmen's Bureau:

• Provide food, shelter, and clothing

• Negotiated and enforced labor contracts

• ? _

Which of the following BEST completes this list?

• established schools

• granted small-business loans

• provided funds for farming supplies

• certified applications for political office