Reconstruction and Civil Rights

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

• Southern states were to be readmitted on their own terms.

• Only a few southern states were to be readmitted at a time.

• Congress was to be in charge of readmitting southern states.

• Southern states were to be readmitted as quickly as possible.

Why was the Thirteenth Amendment important?

• It made slavery illegal in the United States.

• It gave African Americans the right to vote.

• It compensated former slaves for their labor.

• It gave citizenship rights to African Americans.

Who did President Johnson appoint to help begin the process of setting up new southern state governments?

• military generals

• temporary governors

• members of Congress

• former Confederate leaders

Why did southern states pass Black Codes?

• to improve working conditions for African Americans

• to discourage African Americans from moving north

• to allow African Americans to rent property

• to limit the rights of African Americans

Why was the Civil Rights Act of 1866 important?

• It provided African Americans access to public education.

• It gave African Americans the right to hold public office.

• It allowed African Americans to rent or own property.

• It gave African Americans equal legal rights.

Why did the House of Representatives impeach President Johnson?

• He had not been elected by the voters.

• He had fired the secretary of war illegally.

• He had appointed temporary southern governors.

• He had required states to approve the Thirteenth Amendment.

What right does the Fifteenth Amendment guarantee?

• the right to vote

• the right to hold office

• the right to citizenship

• the right to due process

Who was the first African American elected to the U.S. Senate?

• Homer Plessy

• Hiram Revels

• Blanche K. Bruce

• Frederick Douglass

Why did Congress pass the Enforcement Acts in 1870 and 1871?

• to introduce legal segregation in public places

• to protect northerners who had moved to the South

• to provide more money to help rebuild the southern economy

• to prevent the Ku Klux Klan from denying rights to African Americans

What did the Compromise of 1877 settle?

• the control of Congress

• the presidential election

• the issue of segregation

• the economic crisis of 1873