8th Grade History-Social Science Quiz

What were Southern states required to do before applying for readmission to the Union following the Civil War?

• Pay reparations to all African Americans in their territory

• Arrest and imprison all Confederate officers and politicians

• Ratify the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments

In Georgia, the ratification of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments resulted in

• Adopt laws banning discrimination against African Americans

• The founding of African American state universities and colleges

• The reduction of funding for the Freedmen's Bureau from the state budget

• The election of African Americans to serve in public office throughout the state

The Fourteenth Amendment was the federal government's response to

• The collapse of the Georgia Republican Party and the ousting of its elected officials

• A popular opposition to the draft

• Black Codes enacted in the South

• Republican control of Southern state governments

• The Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford

Based on the information in the chart, which statement BEST explains the role of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments in reconstruction?

• The amendments made emancipation the law of the land

• The amendments ended discrimination against African Americans

• The amendments ended slavery and granted citizenship and voting rights to formerly enslaved people

• The amendments encouraged southern states to rebuild with the full participation of formerly enslaved people

Which statement BEST explains why the 13th amendment was necessary?

• The amendments ended discrimination against African Americans

• The amendments ended slavery and granted citizenship and voting rights to formerly enslaved people

• The amendments encouraged southern states to rebuild with the full participation of formerly enslaved people

• The 13th Amendment allowed the Union to recruit African American soldiers

Which of the following was NOT part of Congress's 1867 plan for Reconstruction?

• Southern states were required to take oaths of loyalty to the Union and adopt new constitutions

• Southern states had to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment

• Southern states were divided into districts governed under martial law

• Southern states were required to hold a vote on whether slavery would be legal

What was the goal of Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction?

• To punish the South for its role in the Civil War

• To prevent future secession by restricting states' rights

• To allow the federal government to take control of Southern agricultural land

• To readmit former Confederate states to the Union as quickly as possible

Under Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction plan, which TWO of the following must each former Confederate state do in order to be readmitted to the Union?

• Pay reparations to the federal government

• Repeal its secession ordinance

• Imprison former Confederate leaders

• Abolish the practice of slavery

• Redistribute the lands of former slave owners

In contrast to the Congressional Reconstruction plan, what was the focus of President Andrew Johnson's plan?

• Protecting the rights of freedmen and freedwomen

• Readmitting states to the Union as quickly as possible

• Punishing the Southern states for starting the Civil War

• Providing economic opportunities for African Americans

Why did President Andrew Johnson reject the Radical Republican's Reconstruction plan for reorganizing the Southern economy and ending the plantation system?

• He feared the outbreak of another civil war

• He believed sharecropping was a good system

• He feared the impact on the national economy

• He believed in protecting state sovereignty