Modern American History - Reconstruction

Which Civil War general surrendered at the Appomattox Court house ending the Civil War?

• Hiram Revels

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

Which statement best explains Reconstruction?

• Bringing the North back into the Union

• Bringing the South back into the Union

• Reorganizing and maintaining slavery in the United States

Which political party was led by Charles Sumner and Thaddeus Stevens?

• Radical Republicans

• Radical Democrats

• All of the above

Who became president of the United States after Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth?

• Andrew Johnson

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

What best describes the Freedman's Bureau?

• An agency designed to promote slavery

• An agency designed to promote the welfare of freed slaves

• An agency designed to decrease the rights for freed slaves

Which presidential candidate won the election of 1868?

• Andrew Johnson

• Rutherford B. Hayes

• Ulysses S. Grant

Which statement best describes the purpose of the 15th Amendment?

• You must pass a test to vote

• No one can be kept from voting because of "Race, color, or previous servitude"

• You must pass a test to vote and pay a poll tax

Who was the first African-American senator?

• Dred Scott

• Frederick Douglas

• Hiram Revels

What best describes a Scalawag?

• northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War

• White southerners who joined the Republican part

• A vigilante group

What best describes a Carpetbagger?

• A vigilante group

• White southerners who moved to the South after the war

• Northerners who moved to the South after the war