Abraham Linclon
This man was accused of assassinating President Lincoln....
A. Dr. Samuel Mudd
B. John Wilkes Booth
C. Wade Davis
D. William Peterson
B: John Wilkes Booth
When president Johnson violated the Tenure of Office Act, the House of Representatives voted to...
A. Reelect him
B. Override him
C. Impeach him
D. Support him
C: Impeach him
The most common form of farm work for freed individuals after the Civil War was...
A. Pig Farming
B. Sharecropping
C. Cotton Growing
D. Being field hands
B: Sharecropping
White Northerners who moved South after the Civil War to help with Reconstruction were called...
A. Scalawags
B. Freedman
C. Carpetbaggers
D. Redeemers
C: Carpetbaggers
During Radical Reconstruction, all the following groups took part in Southern governments EXCEPT...
A. Former Confederate officers
B. Northerners who went South
C. White Southerners who supported Republicans
D. Freedman
A: Former Confederate officers
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States...
A. First Amendment
B. Thirteenth Amendment
C. Fourteenth Amendment
D. Fifteenth Amendment
B: Thirteenth Amendment
This amendment granted full citizenship to everyone born in the United States...
A. Thirteenth Amendment
B. Fifteenth Amendment
C. Fourteenth Amendment
D. Tenth Amendment
C: Fourteenth Amendment
This amendment guaranteed African American men the right to vote...
A. Thirteenth Amendment
B. Fourteenth Amendment
C. Fifteenth Amendment
D. Nineteenth Amendment
C: Fifteenth Amendment
Southerners who supported the Republicans were called..
A. Carpetbaggers
B. Scalawags
C. Freedmen
D. Redeemers
B: Scalawags
Southern whites restricted the freedom of African Americans soon after the Civil War by using...
A. Congressional Aid
B. The Freedman's Bureau
C. Black Codes
D. The Federal Courts
C: Black Codes
Along with education, what did freed people want the most?
A. New Houses
B. Food
C. New Jobs
D. Land
"All freedman in this state over the age of 18 years found with no employment, or found assembling together, shall be deemed vagrants. On conviction of vagrancy, they shall be fined." This quotation is probably from the...
A. Thirteenth Amendment
B. Fifteenth Amendment
C. Reconstruction Act
D. Black Codes
D: Black Codes
All of the following are ways white Southerners tried to limit the voting rights of African Americans EXCEPT...
A. Literacy Test
B. Segregation
C. Poll Tax
D. Grandfather Clause
B: Segregation
Which reconstruction plan wanted to forgive the Southern States and readmit them to the Union in a speedy process?
A. Johnson's Plan
B. Lincoln's Plan
C. Wade-Davis Bill
D. Carpetbagger Plan
B: Lincoln's Plan
This pardoned most former confederates and allowd Democrats to begin taking control of politics in the South...
A. Amnesty Act
B. Fifteenth Amendment
C. Freedman's Bureau
D. Reconstruction Act
A: Amnesty Act
Congress passed this to prohibit the president from removing government officials without the Senate's approval...
A. Tenure of Office Act
B. Impeachment Act
C. Wade-Davis Bill
D. Black Codes
A: Tenure of Office Act
During this period, Republicans easily overrode Johnson's vetoes and took control of Reconstruction...
A. Redeemer's Restoration
B. Radical Reconstruction
C. Jim Crow Construction
D. Congressional Reconstruction
B: Radical Reconstruction
The Reconstruction Act of 1867 required states wanting to reenter the Union to...
A. Elect African American legislators
B. Pass poll taxes and punish carpetbaggers
C. Ratify the 14th amendment and allow all men to vote
D. Plant crops other than cotton and provide African Americans with 40 acres of land
C: Ratify the 14th amendment and allow all men to vote
What did the Supreme Court rule in Plessy vs. Ferguson?
A. Sharecropping was a form of slave labor
B. Poll taxes were constitutional
C. Jim Crow laws were constitutional
D. Segregation was lawful as long as facilities were equal
D: Segregation was lawful as long as facilities were equal
In the Compromise of 1877, Hayes was elected president by agreeing to...
A. Support the 15th amendment
B. Outlaw the Ku Klux Klan
C. Allow Congress to approve Cabinet appointments
D. Remove the last federal troops from the South
D: Remove the last federal troops from the South