Honors US History 1: Reconstruction and the Civil War

When did Reconstruction start and end?

• 1861-1865
• 1877-1880
• 1850-1860
• 1865-1877

Some argued that states should be allowed to rejoin the Union quickly with few conditions. But many claimed that the defeated states should first….

• refuse to guarantee civil rights to freed slaves
• swear loyalty to the federal government and adopt state constitutions that guaranteed freedmen’s rights.

• ignore the 13th Amendment and continue with slavery
• grant voting rights only to white males

The Civil War devastated the South’s economy. Between 1860 and 1870, the South’s share of the nation’s total wealth declined from more than 30 percent to __ percent.

After the war, the land was the ______ most valuable asset, and arguments raged over who should control it.

The proposed the “forty-acres and a mule” plan was a plan that states that the millions of acres abandoned by planters or confiscated by the federal government should be given to the freed people. Who proposed this idea?

• President Abraham Lincoln
• General William T. Sherman
• General Ulysses S. Grant
• Senator Charles Sumner

Why did many white northerns oppose the “forty-acres and a mule”?

• Possible violation of the Constitution

• Fear of economic competition
• Desire to maintain racial hierarchy
• Support for African American land ownership

What were the goals of the freedmen’s bureau?

• To promote slavery in the Southern states
• To provide military training for freed slaves
• To provide assistance such as food, clothing, medical care, education, and legal aid to newly freed slaves and poor whites in the South after the Civil War.
• To establish a new government in the South

What was the MAIN goal of the freedmen’s bureau?

• To provide military training for freed slaves.

• To help freed slaves succeed in society.

• To promote slavery in the South.

• To establish a new government in the South.

Most leaders of the ________ Party, which at the time dominated the federal government, supported programs to extend full citizenship to African Americans.

• Republican

• Democratic

• Whig

• Fascist

Why did white southerners oppose the idea of extending citizenship to African Americans?

• Love for African Americans
• Support for equality
• Desire for peaceful coexistence
• Fear of losing power