Reconstruction Era ll Test

What was the law that said the president couldn’t fire government officials without Senate approval?

• Civil Rights Act of 1866

• Tenure of Office Act

• Impeachment Trial of A. Johnson

• Reconstruction

What is a change or addition to the Constitution called?

• Reconstruction

• Civil Rights Act of 1866

• Amendment

• 14th Amendment

What agreement in 1877 ended Reconstruction and made Rutherford B. Hayes president?

• The Compromise of 1877

• The Civil Rights Act of 1866

• The Tenure of Office Act

• The 14th Amendment

What were the laws in the South that limited the rights of African Americans after the Civil War?

• Civil Rights Act of 1866

• Southern Black Codes

• 14th Amendment

• Reconstruction

What was the plan that allowed Southern states to rejoin the Union if 10% of voters pledged loyalty to the U.S.?

• 13th Amendment

• 10 Percent Plan

• Reconstruction Act

• Compromise of 1877

What law ended slavery in the United States?

• 14th Amendment

• Civil Rights Act of 1866

• 13th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

What do you call a person who worked on someone else’s land and paid with a part of the crops?

• Carpetbagger

• Sharecropper

• Scalawag

• Freedman

What was the trial held to try and remove President Andrew Johnson from office?

• 14th Amendment

• Civil Rights Act of 1866

• Impeachment Trial of A. Johnson

• Reconstruction Act

What law gave African Americans the same legal rights as white people?

• 14th Amendment

• Civil Rights Act of 1866

• Reconstruction Act

• 15th Amendment

Who were Northern people who moved to the South after the Civil War to make money or join politics?

• Scalawags

• Carpetbaggers

• Sharecroppers

• Freedmen