Reconstruction Era Exam

The Reconstruction Era is best defined as

• the period after the Civil War when the United States was rebuilding and reuniting after the abolition of slavery
• the period of rapid industrialization in the United States
• the time when the United States gained independence from Britain
• the era of exploration and colonization in the Americas

The 13th amendment

• Abolished slavery
• Granted citizenship for free persons

• Protected the right to vote for all men regardless of color, race, or previous condition of servitude

• Invalidated black codes

The 14th amendment

• Abolished slavery
• Granted citizenship for free persons

• Protected the right to vote for all men regardless of color, race, or previous condition of servitude

• Allowed for involuntary servitude if an individual was convicted of a crime

The 15th amendment

• Abolished slavery
• Granted citizenship for free persons

• Protected the right to vote for all men regardless of color, race, or previous condition of servitude

• Invalidated black codes

Which of the following was not a primary concern of Reconstruction Era Policy?

• The condition of African Americans in the South

• How the Southern Economy should be rebuilt

• How would the South be reintegrated politically to the Union

• Settling legal concerns over secession

President Lincoln's plan for integrating the Southern states into the Union included

• 10% of voters in confederate states pledge allegiance to the US

• 50% of voters in confederate states pledge allegiance to the US

• States must rewrite their Constitutions and Congress can redistribute property of former slave owners

• Pardons across the board to ease the tension following the Civil War

The Radical Republican plan for reintegrating the South was

• The most punitive by far.

• The least punitive.

• designed to punish South Carolina, the first state to secede.

• designed to punish Richmond Virginia, Capitol of the Confederacy.

Vagrancy laws in Southern States

• were created by the Freedman's Bureau to create work for free persons

• were a clever work around to the 13th amendment that recreated slavery in all but name

• allowed for Congress to redistribute property of former slave owners

• Overturn the decision in the Dred Scott case

Why was President Johnson (following President Lincoln) impeached?

• He violated his oath by pardoning most confederates

• He violated the Tenure of Office act which was created in a game of political chicken

• Trick question - He wasn't.

• Southern states who re-entered the union organized and attempted to push him out of office

Reconstruction ends after

• The Election of 1876 known as the Second Corrupt Bargain

• The Election of 1824 known as the Corrupt Bargain

• Republicans lose the Presidential Election and are unable to enforce Reconstruction Era Policy

• Republicans lose control of Congress and have Reconstruction policy overturned