Reconstruction

What was Reconstruction?

100

Define Reconstruction? A. When federal taxes were redistributed to Americans. B. When all blacks, male and female gained the right to vote. C. The process of rebuilding the South after the American Civil War. D. The process of rebuilding the North after the American Civil War.

What is C. The process of rebuilding the South after the American Civil War.

200

Which of the following was a part of Congresses' Reconstruction plan? A. 10% of the southern states population had to swear an allegiance to the Union. B. 50% of the southern states population had to swear allegiance to the Union. C. The Southern states be punished severely for leaving the nation and should not be readmitted into the Union. D. The Southern states should not be punished for leaving the nation and should not be readmitted into the Union.

What is B. 50% of the southern states population had to swear an allegiance to the Union.

300

Which of the following was a part of Lincoln's Reconstruction plan? A. 10% of the southern states population had to swear an allegiance to the Union. B. 50% of the southern states population had to swear an allegiance to the Union. C. The Southern states be punished severely for leaving the nation and should not be readmitted into the Union. D. The Southern states should not be punished for leaving the nation and should not be readmitted into the Union.

What is 10% of the southern states population had to swear an allegiance to the Union.

400

How was Presidential Reconstruction viewed by Congress? A. as being too harsh on the South B. as being to lenient on the South C. as being to harsh on the North D. as being to lenient on the North

What is B. as being to lenient on the South

500

How was Congressional Reconstruction viewed by the President? A. as being too harsh on the South B. as being too lenient on the South C. as being to harsh on the North D. as being to lenient on the North

What is A. as being too harsh on the South

Major Players and Terms

100

Who became the American President after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln? A. Lyndon Johnson B. Andrew Johnson C. Ulysses S. Grant D. Thomas Jefferson

What is B. Andrew Johnson

200

What did the Enforcement Acts allow the President to do? A. the use federal troops to stop the Ku Klux Klan B. to use federal troops to desegregate the South C. to use federal troops to segregate the South D. to use federal troops to keep Blacks in their place.

What is A. the use federal troops to stop the Ku Klux Klan

300

What act did Congress say that Andrew Johnson violated when they impeached him? A. Civil Rights Act of 1867 B. 14th Amendment C. Tenure of Office Act 1867 D. Enforcement Act

What is C. Tenure of Office Act 1867

400

Why does Ulysses S. Grant go down in the history books as one of the worst Presidents? A. because while President he was impeached for wrong doing. B. because during his Presidency he appointed several men to government positions who were corrupt and dishonest, yet Grant stayed loyal to them C. because during his Presidency he appointed several men to government positions who were corrupt and dishonest and he got angry and fired them. D. because he slept with so many women while President

What is B. because during his Presidency he appointed several men to government positions who were corrupt and dishonest, yet Grant stayed loyal to them

500

Which two men were the leaders of the Radical Republican? A. Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson B. Andrew Johnson and Thaddeus Stevens C. Charles Sumner and Ulysses Grant D. Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner

What is D. Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner

Supreme Court and Reconstruction Laws

100

Which amendment to the United States Constitution gave African American men the right to vot? A. 13th Amendment B. 14th Amendment C. 15th Amendment D. 16th Amendment

What is C. 15th Amendment

200

Which amendment to the United States Constitution gave African Americans citizenship, stating that everyone born in the United States is a citizen with the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness? A. 13th Amendment B. 14th Amendment C. 15th Amendment D. 16th Amendment

What is B. 14th Amendment

300

Which Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery? A 13th Amendment B. 14th Amendment C. 15th Amendment D. 16th Amendment

What is A. 13th Amendment

400

What two system created by Freedmen's Bureau attempted to provide poor whites and newly freed slaves with an opportunity to farm and earn wages by selling their crops? A. Sharecropping and tenant farming B. sharecropping and the wage labor system C. wage labor system and land plotting D. all the above

What is A. Sharecropping and tenant farming

500

Which of the following describes a Northern who moved to the South to help the newly freed slaves? A. Scalawag B. Carpetbagger C. Tenant farmer D. Sharecropper

What is B. Carpetbagger

Miscellaneous

100

Which of the following describes a Southern white who worked to help the newly freed slaves? A. Scalawag B. Carpetbagger C. Tenant farmer D. Sharecropper

What is A. Scalawag

200

What was the main goal of the Ku Klux Klan in the late 1870s? A. To embrace the African Americans B. To use terror and violence in order to oppress African Americans C. Solely to stop African Americans from voting D. To have white people farm the land instead of African Americans

What is B. To use terror and violence in order to oppress African Americans

300

What did the Supreme Court decide in Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896)? A. Separating facilities such as restrooms, restaurants and trains by race was ok and legal if the facilities were equal. B. Separating facilities such as restrooms, restaurants and trains by race was not ok and illegal C. Separating facilities such as restrooms, restaurants and trains by race was against Jim Crow. D. Separating facilities such as restrooms, restaurants and trains by race was not nice.

What is A. Separating facilities such as restrooms, restaurants and trains by race was ok and legal if the facilities were equal.

400

What is the relationship between Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896) and Brown vs. the Board of Education (1954)? A. One case supports the idea that blacks and whites are not equal while the other supports the idea that blacks and whites are equal. B. The cases represent the beginning and end of Jim Crow laws ruling the south. C. One case overturns the other D. All of the above.

What is C. One case overturns the other.

500

Which of the following were reasons why Reconstruction ended in 1877? A. The republican party which was in charge of Congressional Reconstruction had split. B. The panic of 1873 an economic depression resulted in Northerners wanted the federal government to stop spending money to Reconstruct the South. C. Northerners believed that the South had been completely rebuilt. D. A and B

What is D. A and B