Reconstruction Era Vocabulary and Facts

The 13th Amendment accomplished

• Abolished slavery

• Guaranteed voting rights

• Established prohibition

• Ended segregation

Reconstruction refers to the period during which the US began to rebuild after which war?

• the Civil War

• World War I

• the Revolutionary War

• the Vietnam War

Select the answer that best states the main goal of the Ten-Percent Plan.

• It aimed to reintegrate former Confederate states into the Union once 10% of their voters pledged allegiance.

• It intended to punish the Southern states severely for secession.

• It was designed to abolish slavery in all states.

• It sought to maintain the status quo in the Reconstruction period.

Identify the Radical Republicans and their objective.

• They were a faction of the Republican Party who advocated for harsh measures during Reconstruction and supported equal rights for freed slaves.

• They were a conservative Democratic group focused on preserving states' rights.

• They were a group of abolitionists who did not intend to take political office.

Thaddeus Stevens was a congressional leader of which political group?

• Thaddeus Stevens was a congressional leader of the Republican Party.

• Thaddeus Stevens was a congressional leader of the Whig Party.

• Thaddeus Stevens was a congressional leader of the Democratic Party.

• Thaddeus Stevens was a congressional leader of the Federalist Party.

The Wade-Davis Bill proposed

• immediate amnesty for all Southerners.

• strict conditions for Southern states' re-admission.

• no conditions be imposed on the Southern states.

• full protection of states' rights without intervention.

After Lincoln was killed, __________ became president. Johnson's plan for Reconstruction was a ______________ aimed at quickly restoring the Southern states.

• Andrew Johnson; lenient approach

• Ulysses S. Grant; punitive approach

• William Tecumseh Sherman; military Reconstruction

• Rutherford B. Hayes; moderate approach

The purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau was

• To assist freed slaves in transitioning from slavery to freedom

• To manage military operations

• To control agricultural production

• To impose trade regulations

The Civil Rights Act of 1866 gave African American citizenship and forbade states from passing

• discriminatory laws

• segregationist laws

• exclusionary laws

• oppressive laws

These laws were passed by Southern states after the Civil War to restrict the rights of African-Americans.

• Black Codes

• Proclamations

• A code of conduct for Confederate soldiers

• Policies promoting joint governance between races