Reconstruction (EOC Review Unit 5)

What was the primary goal of Presidential Reconstruction?

• To grant land to all freed slaves

• To readmit the Southern states to the Union as quickly as possible

• To permanently station federal troops in the South

• To punish former Confederate supporters

Who were outraged by the new Southern state governments' laws that deprived newly freed slaves of their rights?

• Presidents Lincoln and Johnson

• Southern state governors

• Democrats in Congress

• Radical Republicans

What did the Thirteenth Amendment accomplish?

• Removed restrictions on voting based on race

• Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude in the United States

• Defined U.S. citizenship

• Gave women the right to vote

What was the purpose of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands?

• To redistribute land to former Confederate supporters

• To enforce Black Codes in the South

• To help African Americans/Blacks transition to freedom

• To provide military training to freed slaves

Why were Radical Republicans able to impeach President Andrew Johnson?

• Due to his support for the Confederacy

• For ignoring laws passed to limit presidential powers

• Because he was convicted of committing high crimes

• For attempting to abolish the Thirteenth Amendment

What led to the end of Reconstruction?

• The withdrawal of Union troops from the South as part of the Compromise of 1877

• The assassination of a President and the swearing in of a new President

• The passage of the Fifteenth Amendment which prohibted racial discrimination in voting

• The Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson

What was the result of the Presidential election of 1876?

• Samuel J. Tilden won the presidency

• The election led to a second Civil War

• No president was elected that year

• Rutherford B. Hayes won after a special commission's decision

What did the Fifteenth Amendment guarantee?

• Freedom of speech

• Equal protection under the law

• The right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude

• The right to own property

What was a key feature of Congressional Reconstruction?

• The impeachment of President Lincoln

• The creation of Southern state governments that excluded African Americans/Blacks

• The permanent stationing of federal troops in the South

• The requirement for Southern states to ratify constitutional amendments protecting freed slaves' rights

What was the purpose of the Black Codes?

• To provide economic support to African Americans/Blacks

• To integrate African Americans/Blacks into Southern society

• To ensure equal rights for freed slaves

• To control the lives of freed slaves in a manner similar to slavery