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Which of the following best describes American Reconstruction? (5-1.1)
a) The time period of fear and deconstruction following the Civil War
b) The time period when the northern states fought the southern states
c) The time period of hope, change, and rebuilding following the Civil War
d) The time period when Americans fought Great Britain to gain independence
All of the following were Abraham Lincoln 's aims for Reconstruction EXCEPT ...
a) Ratify the 13th Amendment to abolish slavery
b) Preserve the Union and end the Civil War quickly
c) 10% of the South pledge their allegiance to the U.S.
d) Make the Southern Elite ask for presidential pardons
Which statement BEST describes many southerners during Reconstruction?
a) They continued the practice of slavery on large plantations in the South
b) They wanted to change their unfair ways and treat all freedmen equally
c) They wanted society to remain the same socially, economically, and politically
d) They did not want things to change but wanted to make life easier for freedmen
Which of the following was NOT an aim of Reconstruction for southern African Americans?
a) a. Bring together families and communities
b) b. Build churches, schools and access land
c) c. Allow military occupation in the south
d) d. Gain as much independence as possible
What was the overall purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments?
a) To protect the rights of southern elite
b) To take away rights of southern elite
c) To protect the rights of African Americans
d) To take away rights of African Americans
Why was the Freedmen's Bureau so important to the South during Reconstruction?
a) It enforced Jim Crow Laws
b) It wanted to continue slavery
c) It helped all people in need in the South
d) It threatened newly freed slaves and poor whites
What was the goal of the Ku Klux Klan?
a) To keep women from using their newly-gained rights
b) To keep African American families from being torn apart
c) To keep the southern elite from taking over the government
d) To keep African Americans from using their newly-gained rights
All of the following was a result of the Compromise of 1877 EXCEPT ...
a) It ended Reconstruction
b) It supported political rights for the freedmen
c) American Americans were abandoned by the government
d) Democrats won control of the southern state government
Who benefited most from the system of sharecropping?
a) African Americans
b) Freedmen
c) Landowners
d) Poor white men
How did Reconstruction affect the plantation system of the South?
a) The plantation system was ruined
b) Factories replaced all plantations in the South
c) All plantations were taken over by the government
d) The plantation system became stronger than ever
How did Southerner’s impact Reconstruction?
a) a. Passed laws to protect newly freed slaves after the war
b) b. Passed Black Codes and intimidated newly freed slaves
c) c. Passed the 15 th Amendment allowing men the right to vote
d) d. Passed laws allowing newly freed slaves to serve in Congress
How was the aim of Congress different than that of Southerners and President Johnson?
a) a. Congress wanted to humiliate the Southerners
b) b. Congress passed laws known as the Black Codes
c) c. Congress encouraged Southerners to be elected to office
d) d. Congress wanted to be sure that the freed slaves were free
Poor whites who sided with the Republican government were known as what in the South?
a) a. Carpetbaggers
b) b. Entrepreneurs
c) c. Migrants
d) d. Scalawags
Some Northerners, known as “carpetbaggers,” moved South for all of the following EXCEPT:
a) a. To be missionaries
b) b. To be entrepreneurs
c) c. To be educators
d) d. To be sharecroppers
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