Topic 9 Reconstruction: Lesson 1 and 2 qz

Radical Republicans tried to block Reconstruction laws from being passed.

• True
• False

Answer explanation

Radical Reconstruction was Congress's effort to impose restrictions on the South, ensuring that freedmen's rights were protected. It included a Reconstruction Act that dismissed state governments not ratifying the Fourteenth Amendment and the Military Reconstruction Act, which split the South into five military districts under military rulers with significant enforcement power. Congress also required states to create new constitutions and prohibited Confederate officials from voting.

Black Codes protected the rights of African Americans in the South.

• True
• False

Answer explanation

Black codes severely limited the rights of freed African Americans. The purpose was to preserve African Americans as an underclass and a source of cheap labor.

Did the 14th Amendment forbid slavery?

• True
• False

Answer explanation

The 14th amendment defined citizens as all persons born or naturalized in the US. It guarantees citizens equal protection of the law and forbids states to deprive an person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.

Reconstruction plans granted amnesty to some or all Confederates.

• True
• False

Answer explanation

Generally granted amnesty to most Confederates who took an oath of loyalty to the United States, excluding only the highest-ranking Confederate officials and military leaders.

Lincoln and Johnson both had plans that were generally lenient towards Confederates.

• True
• False

Answer explanation

Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson pursued lenient Reconstruction plans, with Lincoln's "Ten Percent Plan" and Johnson's strategy easing Southern states' reintegration into the Union while imposing minimal penalties on former Confederate leaders, conditional on their loyalty to the U.S.

DId the 15th Amendment grant suffrage to African Americans?

• True
• False

Answer explanation

The 15th Amendment marked a civil rights milestone but didn't guarantee voting rights for African Americans. It allowed states to set uniform voter qualifications, which many former Confederate states exploited by enacting poll taxes and literacy tests to hinder black voting. Election boards and groups like the Ku Klux Klan enforced these laws, using violence to intimidate African Americans.

Congress's Reconstruction plan was called the Wade Davis Bill.

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• False

Answer explanation

The Wade-Davis Bill was a Reconstruction bill passed by Congress in 1864 that proposed a framework for reintegrating the Confederate states into the Union.

Jim Crow laws legally segregated the South.

• True
• False

Answer explanation

Jim Crow laws enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States.

Johnson was impeached and removed from office.

• True
• False

Answer explanation

During the it became clear that President Johnson was not guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors. The Constitution did not allow Congress to remove a president just because they disagreed with him. In the end, the vote was 35 to 19.

The violence in the South resulted in increased Congressional control over the Reconstruction process.

• True
• False

Answer explanation

Yes, the widespread violence in the South during Reconstruction, primarily perpetrated by white supremacist groups like the Ku Klux Klan, significantly increased Congressional control over the Reconstruction process as Congress felt compelled to intervene with stricter legislation to protect the rights of freed slaves and suppress the violence, ultimately leading to more federal oversight in the South.