Reconstruction Test

Which of the following is true of Presidential Reconstruction?

• Southern states reelected former Confederates and instituted state laws that strictly controlled the lives of African Americans.

• Southern states rewrote state constitutions that protected the rights of African Americans.

• Southern states prevented those who had supported the war from voting and/or running for office.

• Southern states elected many African Americans to local, state, and federal government positions.

What happened during the Port Royal Experiment?

• Laws restricting the rights of African Americans were enforced across the south.

• Former SC slaves were forced to work for free to harvest the cotton crop for the Union.

• Former SC slaves were given land and paid to grow cotton.

• Both a and b.

This Ku Klux Klan whip from 1875 (pictured below) was likely used for which kind of disenfranchisement technique?

• poll tax

• grandfather clause

• Intimidation

• Literacy Test

Which of the following facts explains why South Carolina's state Constitution of 1868 included statements like, "All men are born free and equal," and, "Slavery shall never exist in this State"?

• Robert Smalls was one of the delegates responsible for writing the state constitution.

• South Carolina voters had insisted on the inclusion of these statements.

• A majority of the delegates writing the state constitution were African Americans.

• Many white Southerners had come to believe that African Americans' rights should be protected.

Which of the following happened under Congressional or Radical Reconstruction?

• Many former Confederate officials regained control of state legislatures.

• The 15th Amendment was passed.

• The South was divided into military zones and overseen by federal troops.

• Both B and C

Which disenfranchisement strategy is being described in the following passage: "...I remember stories that an African American would show up to vote and they would be told, 'Well, you have to recite the names of every state capital.'"

• Poll tax

• Grandfather clause

• Intimidation

• Literacy test

"No negro shall be allowed to come within the limits of the town without special permission from his employers." What is this an example of?

• Freedman's Bureau

• Black Codes

• Grandfather Clause

• Intimidation

Which statement is true of African Americans' political representation during Reconstruction?

• No African Americans were elected to political office.

• Very few African Americans were able to hold political office. Those who did served in local and state positions.

• Thousands of African Americans were elected to state and local offices. The first African American Congressmen and Senators were elected.

• Robert Smalls was the only African American to hold high level political office during Reconstruction.

What is the main idea of this document?

• African American leaders wanted the government to provide former slaves with food and clothing following the war.

• African American leaders wanted the government to provide former slaves with land so they could be self-sufficient after the war.

• African Americans leaders wanted the government to provide former slaves with jobs after the war.

• African Americans wanted the government to open schools for former slaves after the war.

What was the US government's initial response to this interview?

• They ended the Port Royal Experiment.

• They opened several schools for African Americans.

• They gave former slaves 40 acre plots of land.