Studies Weekly: Week 20

What did Andrew Johnson lead the nation in when he was president?

• Punishing the rebels

• Taking senators to court

• Reconstruction of the South

• Educating African Americans

What was each state returning to the Union required to do?

• Write a new constitution

• Open seaports

• Pay back taxes

• Give plantation land away

Besides enforcing participation in government by African Americans, what did the Reconstruction Act of 1867 do?

• Made the state governments pay taxes

• Divided the South into military districts

• Gave newly emancipated people land

• Gave veterans benefits for life

Which amendment abolished slavery forever in the United States?

• 12th

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

Which amendment granted citizenship to all formerly enslaved people?

• 12th

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

Which amendment granted voting rights to all newly emancipated citizens?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 16th

In 1868, what state had a majority of African Americans as members of state government?

• Alabama

• Georgia

• South Carolina

• Virginia

In 1870, this man became the first African American in the U.S. Senate?

• Frederick Douglass of New York

• Joseph Rainey of South Carolina

• Hiram Revels of Mississippi

• John Lewis of Georgia

Joseph Rainey of South Carolina became the first African American in which government entity?

• The Executive Branch

• The Supreme Court

• The Senate

• The House of Representatives

What were northern business people who came to the South known as?

• Rug Salesmen

• City Slickers

• Carpetbaggers

• Con Men