Reconstruction Quiz

What was President Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction intended to offer to most southerners?

• Immediate imprisonment for Confederate officials

• Amnesty and the return of rights and private land

• Forced labor for rebuilding the nation

• Exile from the United States

What did President Johnson's Reconstruction plan require states to do?

• Establish new state constitutions, cancel their articles of secession, and ratify the 13th Amendment

• Join the Union without any conditions

• Provide equal rights to all citizens, including African Americans

• Pay reparations to the Union

What was the main issue with President Johnson's approach to Reconstruction?

• It was too harsh on the former Confederate states

• It allowed former Confederate leaders to regain control over their state governments

• It required immediate integration of African Americans into Congress

• It imposed heavy taxes on the southern states

What did the Radical Republicans in Congress aim to achieve with their own Reconstruction plans?

• To maintain the status quo before the war

• To ensure a weak federal government

• To enforce equality in the South and provide protection for former slaves

• To redistribute land to all citizens equally

What was the purpose of the Reconstruction Act of 1867?

• To establish a new constitution for the entire country

• To place former Confederate states under military control and enforce protection of African Americans

• To grant amnesty to all former Confederate soldiers

• To create new trade agreements with other nations

Which amendments did Congress pass to give permanent citizenship and voting rights to formerly enslaved people?

Who was Hiram Rhodes Revels?

• The first African American President of the United States

• The first African American to serve as a Vice President

• The first African American member of the Senate

• The first African American to establish a state constitution

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1866 aim to address?

• It aimed to provide equal voting rights to all races.

• It aimed to outlaw slavery in the United States.

• It aimed to address restrictions placed on African Americans by "Black Codes."

• It aimed to establish the Freedmen's Bureau.

What was the significance of the 13th Amendment (1865)?

• It granted citizenship to anyone born in the United States.

• It allowed African American men to vote.

• It permanently outlawed slavery within the United States.

• It established the Freedmen's Bureau.

What does the 14th Amendment (1868) state?

• It states that the right to vote cannot be taken away based on race.

• It states that anyone born in the United States is a citizen with equal protection of the laws.

• It states that literacy tests and poll taxes are required for voting.

• It states that former slaves are to be helped by the Freedmen's Bureau.