Reconstruction Plans Quiz

Which of the following statements about the post-war south is false?

• The infrastructure of bridges, roads and railroads was destroyed
• Thousands of people were unemployed
• Southerners welcomed northern assistance
• Water, shelter, and food were in short supply.

A major shortcoming of the congressional plan for Reconstruction was that it failed to:

• Grant Freedmen the right to vote
• Put troops into the South after the war
• End slavery
• Give land to former slaves
• Help Freedmen become citizens

The reconstruction plan proposed by President Johnson advocated for:

• 40 acres and a mule for all freedmen
• The division of the South into 5 military districts
• An Oath of Past Loyalty from 50% of the voters in 1860
• A loyalty oath, but the option for the President to offer pardons.

A major difference between presidential and congressional Reconstruction was that:

• The Presidential plan did not punish the south at all and the congressional plan did
• The congressional plan expanded the powers of the central government to protect the rights of the former slaves and the presidential plan did not
• The presidential plan allowed the South to rejoin the union with slavery unchanged and the congressional plan required emancipation
• The presidential plan provided for a Freedmen's Bureau and the congressional plan did not propose a similar organization
• The presidential plan treated the South as a conquered territory and the congressional plan did not

The 13th Amendment:

• Abolished voting rights for African Americans
• Provided equal protection under the law for all citizens regardless of color
• Protected African American voting rights
• Abolished slavery

The 14th Amendment:

• Abolished voting rights for African-Americans
• Abolished slavery
• Provided equal protection under the law for all citizens regardless of color
• Protected African-American voting rights