Unit 7/Lesson 23 Test Review

1. Based on the quotation below, which statement describes Abraham Lincoln’s approach to the South at the end of the Civil War? "With malice [hatred] toward none, with charity for all . . . let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds . . ."

• The South should be punished for its part in the war.
• The South should be treated with kindness and justice.
• The South should ratify the Fourteenth Amendment.
• The South should pay for property damage caused by the war.

2. All of these were included in President Johnson’s Reconstruction plan except...

• cancellation of war debts.
• new state constitutions for Confederate states.
• ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment.
• guarantee of voting rights for freedmen.

3. Which of these was a lasting effect of the Freedmen’s Bureau?

• educational opportunity
• free medical care
• land distribution
• job security

4. What was the purpose of the Black Codes?

• to provide fair wages for freed people
• to control freed people
• to reconstruct the plantation system
• to teach reading skills to freed people

5. What was the purpose of the 13th Amendment?

• to legislate fair treatment of all citizens
• to allow freedmen to run for office
• to provide citizenship to freed people
• to abolish slavery

6. What does the 14th Amendment guarantee to all individuals in the United States?

• the right to vote
• equal protection of the law
• equal access to public facilities
• the right to medical care

7. During Congressional Reconstruction, which group held political power in the South?

• wealthy, white landowners
• former Confederate leaders
• members of the Ku Klux Klan
• people who had been loyal to the United States

8. As a result of the Military Reconstruction Act 1867, which of these made up the largest group of new Southern voters?

• African Americans
• white Southern Democrats
• former Confederate soldiers
• Northerners who moved to the South

9. What was the purpose of the 15th Amendment?

• to give all citizens the right to vote
• to provide education for all citizens
• to protect the voting rights of African American men
• to raise taxes to repair damage to the South

10. What did Congress hope the Enforcement Acts would prevent?

• misuse of tax money
• attempts to keep people from voting
• attacks on political leaders
• opposition to new state governments