Ch 17 Reconstruction

Why was Andrew Johnson pro-Union?

• He passionately opposed slavery.

• He disliked wealthy Southern planters.

• He was from a Northern, pro-Union state.

• He was a great admirer of Abraham Lincoln.

What was “Presidential Reconstruction”?

• President Johnson’s decision to oversee Reconstruction himself

• restoration of government buildings damaged in the war

• changes made to the office of the president after the war

• President Johnson’s requirement that states ratify the 13th Amendment

What did the Freedmen’s Bureau do?

• give land to freedmen

• register freedmen to vote

• find employment for freedmen

• provide food and clothing to freedmen

Which African-American politician served as lieutenant governor and then acting governor of Louisiana during Reconstruction?

• Blanche K. Bruce

• Robert C. De Large

• Pinckney Pinchback

• Hiram Rhodes Revels

Why was it difficult for sharecroppers to make a profit from their work?

• They received low wages.

• There was a lot of competition for work.

• The price for the crops they grew was very low.

• They had to rent or buy supplies on credit with high interest rates.

How many African Americans served as delegates to state constitutional conventions during Reconstruction?

• 22

• 265

• 500

• 1,000

What were black codes?

• laws passed to protect newly freed African Americans in the South

• laws passed to limit the rights of African Americans in the South

• Southern laws attempting to limit the influx of people from the North

• Northern laws attempting to prevent African Americans from voting

Why was Tennessee not placed under military rule during Radical Reconstruction?

• because Tennessee had few freedmen

• because Johnson prevented it

• because it had been readmitted to the Union

• because there were not enough troops

Who issued Special Field Order No. 15 in 1865?

• the Freedmen's Bureau

• President Andrew Johnson

• General Oliver Otis Howard

• General William T. Sherman

In which state was the Ku Klux Klan established?

• Louisiana

• Tennessee

• Mississippi

• South Carolina