Reconstruction Era 1.1 1.2 Part III

What was the main purpose of the Tenure of Office Act of 1867?

• To limit the president's power to remove certain officeholders without Senate approval

• To abolish slavery in the United States

• To grant voting rights to women

• To establish the Freedmen's Bureau

Who was Edwin Stanton during the Reconstruction era?

• President of the United States

• Secretary of War under President Andrew Johnson

• Leader of the Radical Republicans

• Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

What does the term "impeachment" refer to?

• The process of electing a new president

• The formal charge of misconduct against a public official

• The act of passing a new law

• The granting of amnesty to former Confederates

Who were "scalawags" during the Reconstruction period?

• Northern Republicans who moved South

• Southern whites who supported Reconstruction and the Republican Party

• Former slaves who became politicians

• Members of the Ku Klux Klan

What is a "carpetbagger"?

• A Southern Democrat

• A Northern Republican who moved to the South after the Civil War

• A freed slave who became a landowner

• A member of the Freedmen's Bureau

Who was Blanche K. Bruce?

• The first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate

• The first African American to serve a full term in the U.S. Senate

• The founder of the Freedmen's Bureau

• The author of the Tenure of Office Act

Hiram Revels is best known for being:

• The first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate

• The author of the Amnesty Act of 1872

• A leader of the Radical Republicans

• The Secretary of War under President Johnson

What was sharecropping?

• A system where landowners divided their land and gave each worker a few acres, along with seed and tools, in exchange for a share of the crops

• The process of redistributing land to former slaves

• The act of selling land to carpetbaggers

• A law passed to enforce civil rights

What were the Force Acts of 1870 and 1871 designed to do?

• Abolish slavery

• Protect African Americans' rights and suppress the Ku Klux Klan

• Grant amnesty to former Confederates

• Establish the Freedmen's Bureau

The Amnesty Act of 1872 did which of the following?

• Granted voting rights to women

• Restored political rights to most former Confederates

• Abolished sharecropping

• Created the Freedmen's Bureau