Reconstruction Test

The Radical Republicans opposed President Lincoln’s Reconstruction plan, saying it was too:

• harsh on the South.
• lenient on the South.
• generous to the freed people.
• difficult to carry out.

The Freedmen’s Bureau succeeded in:

• redistributing formerly white-owned land to black southerners.
• keeping ex-Confederate supporters out of office.
• providing clothing, medical care, food, and education to many freed people.
• electing African Americans to southern state governments.

Southern state governments restricted the rights of former slaves by

• passing black codes.
• holding constitutional conventions.
• refusing to pay war debts.
• refusing to pass the Thirteenth Amendment.

Which of these was an important provision of the Radical Republicans’ Reconstruction Act of 1867?

• It ended Reconstruction.
• It legalized black codes.
• It offered pardons to Confederate generals.
• It put the South under military rule.

Which was a major success of Reconstruction in the South?

• an end to racist government policies
• the transformation into an industrialized, urban region
• the creation of a public school system
• an end to tensions between the South and the North

The main goal of the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction was to

• prevent African Americans from exercising their rights.
• gain control of state legislatures.
• restore the Confederacy.
• improve conditions for poor whites.

After Rutherford B. Hayes became President in 1877, he

• ended corruption in government.
• removed federal troops from the South.
• promised to regulate the railroads.
• pledged to promote women’s rights.

Which best reflects President Lincoln’s hopes for Reconstruction?

• to punish the South severely for seceding from the Union
• to replace all white officials in the South with African Americans
• to strengthen the North’s domination of the South
• to bind the nation together and create a lasting peace

What was the verdict in President Johnson’s impeachment trial?

• He was found guilty.
• He was removed from office.
• He escaped conviction by one vote.
• He was forced to confess his guilt.

Reconstruction came to end when

• the Fifteenth Amendment was ratified.
• federal troops were removed from the South.
• President Johnson was impeached.
• the Freedmen’s Bureau was dismantled.