Reconstruction Quiz

According to Frederick Douglass, what is necessary for true freedom?

• Dependence on others

• Having means to protect one's liberty

• Being a slave

• Being free from thought, feeling, and action

What were the challenges faced by the United States after the Civil War?

• Rebuilding the South and integrating freed African Americans

• Rebuilding the North and integrating freed African Americans

• Rebuilding the South and maintaining slavery

• Rebuilding the North and maintaining slavery

Who was responsible for helping ex-slaves adjust to freedom?

• The federal government

• The state governments

• The former slave owners

• The freed African Americans themselves

How were the Confederate states treated after the Civil War?

• As states that had never left the Union

• As conquered territory subject to military occupation

• As independent nations

• As territories of the United States

Who had the authority to decide the questions of Reconstruction?

• The president

• The Congress

• The Supreme Court

• The state governments

What were the conflicts that continued after the Civil War?

• Regional conflicts

• Political party conflicts

• Economic conflicts

• All of the above

What was Abraham Lincoln's plan for political Reconstruction?

• To punish the Southern states

• To grant full amnesty to Confederates

• To require 50% loyalty oath for readmission

• To establish military occupation in the South

What was the purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?

• To provide food and shelter for freed slaves

• To resettle freed blacks on confiscated lands

• To establish schools for freed blacks

• All of the above

What was the Wade-Davis Bill?

• A plan for political Reconstruction proposed by Lincoln

• A plan for political Reconstruction proposed by Congress

• A plan for economic aid to the South

• A plan for military occupation of the South

What did the 14th Amendment declare?

• All African Americans were U.S. citizens

• States had to respect the rights of citizens

• Former Confederate leaders were disqualified from holding office

• All of the above