23/23 8.1 Reconstruction Test

1. Explain the 14th amendment.

2. How does the document above provide evidence that the 14th amendment was not followed by Southern states?

a. Discuss one way Radical Congressional Reconstruction actually helped improve the lives of the freedmen.

_____ 4. The above was an example of which historical development?

• a. An action taken to protect African Americans during Reconstruction.
• b. At act to return Confederates to power.
• c. A push towards ending Reconstruction.
• d. An attempt to limit Andrew Johnson’s power.

5. What is the POINT OF VIEW of the artist as shown in the cartoon?

6. How did the Ku Klux Klan react to the event presented in the cartoon?

a. What was the purpose of the 13th amendment?

b. Why might some freedmen describe sharecropping as "slavery by another name"?

8. When describing life after slavery, this person stated, "In some ways times was better and some ways it was worse." What might have caused his parents to describe their lives in this way? Include two pieces of specific historical evidence from your study of Reconstruction in your answer.

_____ 9. The above was a response to which historical development?

• a. The terrorizing African American voters in the South.
• b. The creation of the Freedmen’s Bureau
• c. The effort by Southern black leaders to rebuild roads and schools
• d. The passage of the Amnesty Act