Reconstruction Test
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- Q1Which of the following plans allowed a southern state to form a new government after 10% of it’s voters swore an oath of loyalty to the Union?10% PlanWade-Davis BillSteven’s PlanAmnesty30s
- Q2Why did Lincoln refuse to sign the Wade-Davis bill?Felt it was too harsh on the southCongress vetoed all of his billsFelt it was not harsh enough on the southAndrew Johnson told him not to30s
- Q3Which of the following was a reason for impeaching Andrew Johnson?firing military leaders for not following Reconstruction plans and not getting permission from CongressHaving poor character traits and leadership qualitiesDisagreeing with LincolnVetoing the 14th Amendment30s
- Q4Which of the following was not a cause of the Civil War?The south secedes from the UnionAttack on Fort SumterLincoln’s 10% PlanLincoln is elected30s
- Q5Why did Reconstruction end?Johnson was impeachedRadical Republicans began to lose power, Hayes privately agreed to end ReconstructionAll of the aboveAfrican Americans were forced into slavery30s
- Q6What were the goals of the Radical Republicans?Override vetoesBreak power of wealthy planters and ensure freedmen received the right to voteEnd the war and protect the second amendmentImpeach Johnson30s
- Q7Based on the cycle of poverty graph why were African Americans locked in a cycle poverty?Sharecropper plants and harvests the cropSharecroppers buys food and clothing from landownersSharecropper receives land and seed from the landownerTo pay debt, sharecropper promises landowner a greater share of next years crop30s
- Q8Who did amnesty not apply to under Lincoln’s 10% plan?African AmericansSouthern soldiersNorthern leadersFormer leaders of the Confederacy30s
- Q9Which of the following was not an effect of the Civil War?Andrew Johnson is impeachedLincoln issues the Emancipation ProclamationSouth loses cotton trade with EnglandNorthern economy booms30s
- Q10The Freedmen’s Bureau did all of the following except:set up schools for former slaves.provide medical care for blacks and whites.provide food and clothing to former slavesestablish new factories.30s
- Q11The Fourteenth Amendment stated thatall black men had the right to vote.all persons born in the United States were citizens.slavery was banned throughout the United States.the South should be divided into five military districts.30s
- Q12During the Reconstruction Era, one reason for the formation of the Ku Klux Klan was tosupport the South during the Civil Warprevent formerly enslaved persons from exercising their rightsencourage immigration from southern and eastern Europeeliminate sharecropping in the Southern States30s
- Q13The term carpetbaggers was used during Reconstruction to describeAfrican Americans who gained control of former Southern plantationsNortherners who moved to the South seeking personal gainSouthern whites who supported Radical Republican programsformerly enslaved African Americans who moved to the West30s
- Q14What would be considered a failure of Reconstruction?Lincoln is elected PresidentJohnson vetoes the 16th and 17th AmendmentFreedmen get the right to votePlessy v. Ferguson sets legal precedent for segregation30s
- Q15Which Supreme Court case made segregation legal as long as the facilities were equal?Dred Scott DecisionBrown v. Board of EducationPlessy v. FergusonMissouri Compromise30s
