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Which of the following BEST describes who was responsible for creating and carrying out the first phase of Reconstruction, which was Presidential Reconstruction?
Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson
What was one response by the federal government to the activities of the Ku Klux Klan?
Using the military to control areas of the South where the KKK was active.
The Freedmen's Bureau had the most success with…
expanding educational opportunities for African Americans and poor southern whites.
What was one of the main reasons that Congress divided the South into five military districts during Reconstruction?
Southern states refused to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment.
What were among the goals of the Freedmen's Bureau, a federal agency created following the Civil War? Select THREE selections.
- to provide food to the poor in the South
- to establish schools and hospitals for freedmen
- to settle legal disputes between African Americans and whites
What was the goal of Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction?
to readmit former Confederate states to the Union as quickly as possible
"No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the priviledges...of citizens...nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law..."
According to this excerpt, what was the major purpose of the 14th Amendment?
protect the rights of African Americans
Which statement best explains the rise of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in Georgia in the 1860s?
Many white Southerners felt threatened by the growing political and economic power of African Americans in the state.
How did the goals of the Ku Klux Klan compare to the goals of the Freedmen's Bureau during Reconstruction?
The Ku Klux Klan used violence and fear to keep freed slaves from voting, while the Freedmen's Bureau helped freed slaves have access to voting.
Why were thirty-three newly elected members of the Georgia General Assembly removed from the legislature during Reconstruction?
to limit the political power and influence of African Americans
Why were the Radical Republicans of Congress upset with the Presidential Reconstruction Plan?
They believed it failed to punish the South following the Civil War.
Which of the following BEST describes the practice of sharecropping?
Land is rented to a farmer who pledges to give a certain percentage of the crops to the landowner.
Which of the following correctly represents the Amendments added to the U.S. Constitution following the Civil War?
13th: Abolish Slavery, 14th: Citizenship, 15th: Voting Rights
What were the beliefs of Radical Republicans in Congress? Select 3 answers
- Congress should be in control of the Reconstruction effort
- The rights of African Americans should be protected and expanded
- The US military should be present in the south during the Reconstruction effort
Which of the following was NOT part of Congress's 1867 plan for Reconstruction?
Southern states were required to hold a vote on whether slavery would be legal.
Why did President Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction policies lead to conflict with Congress and his impeachment?
Members of Congress believed Johnson was too lenient on former Confederate soldiers and politicians
The Fourteenth Amendment was the federal government's response to
Black Codes enacted in the South.
What was Abraham Lincoln's plan during Reconstruction?
It focused on readmitting Southern states and restoring the Union.
In Dred Scott v. Sandford, the Supreme Court ruled that African Americans could not be citizens of the United States. Which amendment overturned that ruling?
the Fourteenth Amendment
Following the Civil War, how was Presidential Reconstruction different from Congressional Reconstruction?
Presidential Reconstruction wanted to reunite the country quickly, while Congressional Reconstruction called for radical social change in the South.
* Provided food, clothing and shelter after Civil War for newly freed men and women, as well as poor whites.
* First example of government supported education
* Created adult education through teacher schools, as well as Atlanta's historical black colleges: Clarke Atlanta University and Morehouse College
Freedmen's Bureau
How did the federal government respond to the Georgia Assembly’s expulsion of its African American members during Reconstruction?
The US Congress deemed the state unreconstructed and rejected its readmission to the United States.
In order to be readmitted into the Union, what would southern states have to do under Johnson’s Reconstruction plan? Select two
- 10% of the population had to take an oath of loyalty
- Ratify 13th Amendment
“I wish I could be free, as you will be when you get to be men.” “You will be free, you know, as soon as you are twenty-one, and can go where you like, but I am a slave for life. Have I not as good a right to be free as you have?”
Based on the quote above by Frederick Douglass, which amendment would he have supported the most?
13th Amendment
What was the main difference between tenant farmers and sharecroppers during Reconstruction?
Most tenant farmers owned tools and equipment, while sharecroppers relied on landowners for everything they needed.