Lesson 23- The Reconstruction Era Part 1 Question Preview (ID: 56113)


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At the end of the Civil War, how could Abraham Lincoln’s approach be described?
a) The South should be punished for its part in the war.
b) The South should be treated with kindness and justice.
c) The South should ratify the Fourteenth Amendment.
d) The South should pay for property damage caused by the war.

President Johnson’s Reconstruction plan included all of these except
a) cancellation of war debts
b) new state constitutions for Confederate states
c) ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment
d) guarantee of voting rights for freedmen

The Freedmen’s Bureau had what lasting effect?
a) job security
b) land distribution
c) free medical care
d) educational opportunity

The black codes aimed to do what?
a) to control former slaves
b) to provide fair wages for freedmen
c) to reconstruct the plantation system
d) to teach language skills to freedmen

The Thirteenth Amendment was passed for what reason?
a) to provide citizenship to former slaves
b) to abolish slavery
c) to allow freedmen to run for office
d) to legislate fair treatment of all citizens

The Enforcement Acts that were passed by Congress tried to prevent what?
a) misuse of tax money
b) attacks on political leaders
c) attempts to keep people from voting
d) opposition to new state governments

The Fourteenth Amendment guaranteed what to citizens?
a) the right to vote
b) the right to medical care
c) equal protection of the law
d) separate but equal public facilities

Political power was held by which group in the South during Congressional Reconstruction?
a) wealthy, white landowners
b) former Confederate leaders
c) members of the Ku Klux Klan
d) people who had been loyal to the United States

Who made up the largest group of new Southern voters in 1867?
a) African Americans
b) white Southern Democrats
c) former Confederate soldiers
d) Northerners who moved to the South

The Fifteenth Amendment was created for what purpose?
a) to give all citizens the right to vote
b) to provide education for all citizens
c) to protect the voting rights of African American men
d) to raise taxes to repair damage to the South

The Ku Klux Klan formed for what reason?
a) to integrate Southern schools
b) to end government corruption
c) to return white Democrats to power
d) to protect the voting rights of Southerners

Jim Crow laws were passed by Southern Democrats for what reason?
a) to assure equal education for all
b) to encourage Southerners to move to the North
c) to prevent unqualified African Americans from voting
d) to separate African Americans and whites in public life

In the Plessy v. Ferguson case, how did the Supreme Court rule?
a) Jim Crow laws are unconstitutional
b) Public facilities should be available to all races.
c) Integration of schools is required by law.
d) Separate but equal public facilities are constitutional.

The Southern poll tax laws had what effect in the south?
a) African Americans were denied voting rights.
b) Money was raised to fund public education.
c) Public funding of small businesses increased.
d) Southern Democrats were voted out of office.

What was pulling African Americans to move to other parts of the country during Southern segregation?
a) the promise of free land
b) the promise of free education
c) the hope of better opportunities
d) the hope of political opportunities

African Americans in the South who did not move, improved their lives in what way?
a) They depended upon government welfare.
b) They worked together to build communities.
c) They received money from relatives in the North.
d) They conducted violent protests to obtain rights.

After the Great Migration to the North, what did African Americans face in northern cities?
a) discrimination and racism
b) high paying jobs
c) equality
d) plentiful housing

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