Unit 10: Reconstruction

Andrew Johnson was the first president to be ____________________.

• Unanimously elected

• Impeached

• a Democrat

• a war veteran

Which Principle of Government was used when the Radical Republicans overrode Johnson's veto.

• Federalism

• Checks and Balances

• Separation of Powers

• Popular Sovereignty

Which are TWO goals of the Reconstruction Act of 1867?

• Create a new state constitution

• Protect the rights of African Americans in the South

• Improve railroads

• Rebuild the plantation economy

Which court case decided that African Americans were property and not citizens?

• Worcester vs. Georgia

• McCullough vs. Maryland

• Marbury vs. Madison

• Dred Scott vs. Sandford

What was the purpose of the Black Codes?

• Keep public facilities segregated

• Shut down the sharecropping system

• Limit African American voting rights

• Support American Indian reservations

What issue did the Radical Republicans have with the president's Reconstruction Plans?

• Thought the South wasn't being penalized enough

• Didn't think the South should be punished

• South should solve its own problems

• Thought it would be too much work to implement

Which of the following was a positive change of Reconstruction?

• Continuation of martial law

• Integrated school system

• Diversified economy

• Expansion of Civil Rights

What did the 13th Amendment do?

• Granted citizenship

• Universal men's suffrage

• Abolish slavery

• Women's suffrage

What did the 14th Amendment do?

• Granted citizenship

• Universal men's suffrage

• Abolish slavery

• Women's suffrage

What did the 15th Amendment do?

• Granted citizenship

• Universal men's suffrage

• Abolish slavery

• Women's suffrage