Reconstruction Unit Review

Which statement best describes the status of African Americans immediately after the end of Reconstruction in 1877?

• Most African Americans held factory jobs in urban areas.

• Most African Americans were able to take advantage of educational opportunities at colleges.

• Despite the passage of several constitutional amendments, African Americans found that gaining equal rights was very difficult.

• Political rights for African Americans were guaranteed in the South, but restrictions and discrimination increased in the North.

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

• To punish the South for starting the Civil War.

• To force the Southern States to pay reparations to the Federal Government.

• To allow the Southern States to reenter the nation as quickly as possible.

• To establish the Republican Party as the only political party in the South.

What conclusion can be drawn from the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution?

• The passage of the amendments was to strengthen the Bill of Rights.

• The passage of the amendments was to weaken the Jim Crow laws that were passed in the North.

• The passage of the amendments was to weaken the Jim Crow laws that were passed in the South.

• The passage of the amendments was to abolish slavery and establish rights to previous slaves.

Which of the following best describes the 15th Amendment to the US Constitution?

• An amendment to the U.S. Constitution that declared citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

• An amendment to the U.S. Constitution that declared that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws.

• An amendment to the U.S. Constitution that abolished slavery.

• An amendment to the U.S. Constitution that limited the president to two terms.

Which of the following best describes the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution?

• An amendment to the U.S. Constitution that declared citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

• An amendment to the U.S. Constitution that declared that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws.

• An amendment to the U.S. Constitution that abolished slavery.

• An amendment to the U.S. Constitution that limited the president to two terms.

Which of the following best describes the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution?

• An amendment to the U.S. Constitution that declared citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

• An amendment to the U.S. Constitution that declared that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws.

• An amendment to the U.S. constitution that abolished slavery.

• An amendment to the U.S. Constitution that limited the president to two terms.

Which of the following best describes President Johnson's Presidential Reconstruction Plan?

• Southern state governments had to rewrite secessionist constitutions, have 10% of their population sign oaths of allegiance to the US, and ratify the 13th Amendment.

• Southern state governments had to renounce secession and ratify the 13th and 14th Amendments.

• Southern States had to renounce all their debts to the Union and ratify the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.

• All citizens in the South had to take an oath of loyalty to the Union and ratify the 13th and 14th amendments.

The era of Radical Reconstruction can be seen as a failure because

• it prevented Southern states from holding elections.

• it punished all people in the Southern states equally.

• it resulted in the severing of ties with former European allies.

• it did not adequately protect former slaves from having their rights violated.

Which of the following TWO groups would be most likely to push for advancements in rights for Black people in the United States during reconstruction

• KKK

• Democrats

• Freedmen's Bureau

• Radical Republicans

• Former plantation owners

Members of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) MOST LIKELY intimidated Southern voters in order to

• Continue the Civil War

• Recruit new Klan members

• Maintain white supremacy

• Get more Republicans elected