Reconstruction Test Review
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- Q1Poll taxes, literacy tests, and the grandfather clause were all created during the late 1800s to restrict the voting rights ofWhite plantation ownersFormer Confederate leadersPoor WhitesAfrican Americans30s
- Q2Define Freedmen's Bureau.a government agency to help former Northern soldiers.a government agency to help Southern plantation owners rebuild.a government agency to help former slaves.a government agency to help former Confederates.30s
- Q3Who were the leaders of the Radical Republicans?Thaddeus Stevens and Charles SumnerAbraham Lincoln and Mary Todd LincolnAndrew Johnson and Charles SumnerAbraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson30s
- Q4What were the goals of the Radical Republicans?Break the power of wealthy planters & ensure freedmen received the right to vote.Override Vetoesnone of the aboveVeto the 10% Plan & the Wade-Davis Bill30s
- Q5What did the Freedmen' Bureau do for African Americans and poor whites?provide food and clothing to former slaves.set up schools for former slaves.provide medical care for blacks and whites.all of the above30s
- Q6The Fourteenth Amendment stated thatall persons born in the United States were citizens.slavery was banned throughout the United States.the South should be divided into five military districts.all black men had the right to vote.30s
- Q7Why were African Americans stuck in a cycle of poverty?Johnson was racistFreedmen’s Bureau did not help themLincoln’s Plan did not help African Americansthey were stuck as sharcroppers working for plantation owners30s
- Q8Define Black Codes....rules followed by the KKKlaws that limited the rights of freedmen.members in Congress who opposed Andrew Johnson.members in Congress who supported Andrew Johnson.30s
- Q9What was Andrew Johnson doing in the political cartoon?all of the aboveVetoing the Freedmen's Bureau.Making it easy for former southern leaders to get reelected.Signing the Freedmen's Bureau so it can become a law.30s
- Q10What did the 15th Amendment do?made African Americans citizensforbid any state to deny any citizen the right to vote because of race or colornone of the aboveabolish slavery30s
- Q11Define amnesty.government plan.a key part of the Wade-Davis Billsouthern hatred.a government pardon.30s
- Q12Why were the obstacles in the political cartoon put in place for African Americans?to prevent poor whites from voting.to prevent African Americans from voting.to prevent plantation owners from voting.to prevent southern leaders from voting.30s
- Q13Which Supreme Court case ruled that segregation was legal so long as the facilities were equal?none of the aboveDred Scott DecisionPlessy v. FergusonBrown v. Board of Education30s
- Q14What did the 13th Amendment do?Abolish slavery.Gave African Americans the right to vote.Gave women the right to vote.Gave citizenship to African Americans.30s
- Q15Who did amnesty not apply to under Lincoln’s 10% plan?Northern leadersSouthern soldiersAfrican AmericansFormer leaders of the Confederacy30s
