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What is one political impact of the Reconstruction Era on the United States?
A. - 3 new amendments to the Constitution were approved
B. - senators could be directly elected to the national legislature
C. - southern states rejoined the Union under their pre-war state constitutions
D. - western territories rushed to achieve statehood after slavery was outlawed
A. - 3 new amendments to the Constitution were approved
Which amendment abolished slavery?
13th Amendment
What is significant about Hiram Rhodes Revels?
A. he was the first African American man seated in the Senate
B. he was the first African American senator to oppose Reconstruction
C. he was the first African American senator to resign from office in protest
D. he was the first formerly enslaved African American senator
A. he was the first African American man seated in the Senate
Name a group who was formed in the south to intimidate and terrorize African Americans.
Ku Klux Klan
Which era in U.S. history would focus on these topics: division of south into military districts, impeachments of the president, and ratification of 14th & 15th amendments?
A. the Jacksonian era
B. the antebellum era
C. the Federalist era
D. the Reconstruction era
D. the Reconstruction era
How did President Lincoln succeed in permanently abolishing the practice of slavery?
A. - by ordering the use of popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery
B. - by encouraging an armed rebellion of slaves in the South
C. - by promoting the passage and ratification of the thirteenth amendment
D. - by helping abolitionists fund the Underground Railroad
C. - by promoting the passage and ratification of the thirteenth amendment
The Freedmen's Bureau: provided food, shelter, and clothing, negotiated and enforced labor contracts and __?__. Which of the following would best fill the blank?
A. - established schools
B. - certified applications for political office
C. - granted small-business loans
D. - provided funds for farming supplies
A. - established schools
A. - punish plantation owners for the use of slavery
B. - support Radical Reconstruction objectives in the South
C. - promote the activities of the Freedmen's Bureau
D. - limit the impact of the thirteenth amendment
D. - limit the impact of the thirteenth amendment
One major political focus of the Reconstruction Era concentrated on --
A. - repaying Civil War veterans for their servicesduring the war
B. - rebuilding war-torn states as well as restoring southern state governments
C. - including former enslaved people as representatives in the national government
D. - rewriting the U.S. Constitution to create a new federalist system for the United States
B. - rebuilding war-torn states as well as restoring southern state governments
How was American society changed by the passage of the 14th amendment?
A. - women gained the right to vote
B. - newly freed enslaved people gained citizenship
C. - U.S. citizens began paying a national income tax
D. - immigration to the US rapidly increased
B. - newly freed enslaved people gained citizenship
How did the Freedmen's Bureau most assist in the Reconstruction of the South?
A. - by dividing large plantations and redistributing property to former slaves
B. - by creating a militia to help enforce the voting rights of former slaves
C. - by offering legal assistance and public schooling to former slaves
D. - by petitioning the government to offer money to former slaves
C. - by offering legal assistance and public schooling to former slaves
How did many southern state governments respond to the efforts of Reconstruction to recognize new freedoms for African Americans?
A. - several states re-introduced the international slave trade
B. - several states passed laws to limit the opportunities of African Americans
C. - several states recalled legislators and again proposed secession
D. - several states introduced constitutional amendments to expand citizenship and voting rights to African Americans.
B. - several states passed laws to limit the opportunities of African Americans
What was the name of the northerners who came to the south during Reconstruction and were resented by southerners?
The 15th amendment to the U.S. Constitution extended government protections of --
A. voting rights
B. free speech rights
C. due process rights
D. the rights of the accused
A. voting rights
Establishing the first state funded public schools, implenting a more equitable tax system, and prohibiting racial discrimination were all reforms made by ---
A. governors during the Colonial era
B. Reconstruction governments after the Civil War
C. Patriots during the American Revolution
D. revivalists after the Second Great Awakening
B. Reconstruction governments after the Civil War
How did southern states respond to the ratification of the fifteenth amendment?
A. - By creating a segregated public education system
B. - By shutting down all remaining offices of Freedmen's Bureau
C. - By imposing requirements designed to deny African Americans the right to vote
D. - By forcing African Americans to work as tenant farmers and sharecroppers
C. - By imposing requirements designed to deny African Americans the right to vote
What was the main cause of the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson in 1868?
A. his opposition to the ratification of the 13th amendment
B. his refusal to investigate reported criminal activity by the Union army during the Civil War
C. his opposition to Radical Reconstruction policies for former Confederate states
D. his refusal to use the Homestead Act to redistribute land to former slaves
C. his opposition to Radical Reconstruction policies for former Confederate states
The fourteenth amendment extended citizenship rights to all people born in the United States. What group of people did this NOT include?
Native Americans (American Indians)
What did the Southern Democrats get in exchange for allowing Republican Rutherford B. Hayes to win the election of 1876?
A. new federal tariffs
B. compensation for freed slaves
C. ratification of 16th amendment
D. removal of federal troops from Southern states
D. removal of federal troops from Southern states
Poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses were examples of ways southern states weakened the effects of the --
A. Compromise of 1850
B. Fifteenth Amendment
C. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
D. Dred Scott v. Sandford decision
B. Fifteenth Amendment