Reconstruction

1.

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What did Johnson require states to do to regain membership in the Union?

10% of a state's voters needed to swear loyalty to the Union

voters had to ratify the 13th Amendment and state constitutions had to band slavery

prominent Confederate leaders needed to write Johnson on behalf of their states

States had to guarantee social and political rights to African Americans

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Organization that used violence to intimidate people

sharecroppers

Ku Klux Klan

Redeemers

scalawags

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The Ten Percent Plan required that

10% of a state's voters take a loyalty oath to the Union

southern landowners give 10% of their land to freed men.

state legislatures set aside 10% of their seats for African Americans

the South pay 10% of the Union's war costs

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The Republican party became strong in the South in part because

millions of southern African American men became voters

many white Southerners attended the state constitutional conventions

the party did not require a loyalty oath in order to vote

all of the former Confederate states had met the requirements to rejoin the Union

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Amendment that forbade any state to deny suffrage on the basis of race, color, or previous condition of servitude

13th Amendment

14th Amendment

15th Amendment

10th Amendment

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How were violators of the Enforcement Act of 1870 punished?

they lost their right to vote

violators were not punished, which limited the act's effectiveness

they were fined at least $500 and put in jail for at least 1 month

violators were forced to apologize to the affected parties

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Organization that provided food, clothing, healthcare, and education for southern refugees

Black Codes

Freedmen's Bureau

Scalawags

Redeemers

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Laws that sought to limit the rights of African Americans

Wade-Davis Bill

Freedmen's Bureau

black codes

Enforcement Acts

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The ability to run state governments without federal intervention

Reconstruction

redemption

tenant farming

home rule

10.

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President Johnson's plan for Reconstruction required

southern landholders to break up their plantations

state legislatures to submit to federal regulations

states to grant African American suffrage

wealthy planters and Confederate leaders to apply for pardons

11.

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How did Hayes' election end Reconstruction?

the Freedmen's Bureau took on a greater role in southern states

African Americans secured full political and civil rights

Hayes vetoed all Reconstruction legislation

Federal intervention ended in the South

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What did the Enforcement Act of 1870 make illegal?

tax supported public school systems

the sharecropping system

segregation of public schools

the use of force or coercion to prevent citizens from voting

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One of the Enforcement Acts

made it a federal offense to interfere with a citizen's right to vote

ordered a company of marines to protect African American voters

prohibited KKK meetings

mandated hearings at which black politicians and others could speak out

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During Reconstruction, groups such as the Ku Klux Klan

used violence to prevent freed people from voting

tried to pass laws to limit the rights of freed people

supported the passage of the Enforcement Acts

were disbanded by the 15th Amendment

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Agreement that led to the withdrawal of federal troops from the South

Compromise of 1877

Enforcement Acts

Wade-Davis Bill

sharecropping

16.

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Which event led the House of Representatives to impeach President Johnson?

Johnson's attempt to fine Secretary of War Edwin Stanton

Johnson's veto of the Civil Rights Act of 1866

Johnson's refusal to enforce the Reconstruction Acts

the passage of the Tenure of Office Act

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Legislation requiring a majority of a state's prewar voters to swear loyalty to the Union before reconstruction could begin

14th Amendment

Wade Davis Bill

15th Amendment

Compromise of 1877

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By the end of the 1860's, northern support for Reconstruction had faded because

Lincoln had been assassinated

the Freedmen's Bureau had failed to accomplish its objectives

northerners believed that the goals of Reconstruction had been met

the cost of military operations in the South worried many people

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Radical Republicans rejected the 10% Plan because they believed that

African Americans should be granted full citizenship

Sherman's plan to confiscate Confederates' land was unfair

the Confederate states had committed no crime by seceding

the Constitution implied that the President should direct Reconstruction

20.

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One of President Lincoln's first major goals for Reconstruction was to

grant African Americans full citizenship

redistribute the South's land

punish southern states for seceding

reunify the nation

21.

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What action did Congress take to support Southern African Americans?

The Senate failed to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1866

Radical Republicans promoted the black codes

Congress overturned Johnson's vetoes on major Reconstruction legislation

Congress refused to pass the 10% Plan

22.

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System in which landowners provided farmers with housing and supplies in exchange for a share of the crop raised

carpetbaggers

Freedmen's Bureau

scalawags

sharecropping

23.

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Which idea was a part of Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction?

Southern states had never really left the Union

African Americans should be guaranteed social equality

Former Confederates should not be compensated for lost property

State governments must grant African Americans the right to vote

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The period of time after the Civil War is known as

Redemption

Rebuilding

Pardons

Reconstruction

25.

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One success of Reconstruction was the

introduction of a tax supported public school system in the South

protection of full citizenship rights for African Americans

shift in the balance of power toward the federal government

extension of suffrage for women

26.

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What was the outcome of the impeachment proceedings against President Johnson

the House impeached the President but the Senate failed to remove him

Secretary of War Edwin Stanton was fired

the House voted not to impeach the President

Johnson was removed from office and U.S. Grant became president

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In the years immediately following the Civil War, the South

granted women the right to vote in state elections

became a stronghold of the Republican Party

refused to meet the requirements for rejoining the Union

had few African Americans elected officials

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By the end of the Civil War

African Americans had gained full citizenship

the South's economy had been destroyed

many Confederate leaders had been tried for treason

Congress had passed legislation to rebuild the nation

29.

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Northerners who moved South to improve their economic of political situation

Redeemers

Scalawags

Radical Republicans

Carpetbaggers

30.

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This man was a Radical Republican

Abraham Lincoln

Hiram Revels

Thaddeus Stevens

Andrew Johnson

31.

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Which was a problem with the sharecropping system?

cotton was no longer a profitable crop

landowners could lie about expenses to keep sharecroppers in debt

farmers had to pay the landowners cash rent as well as shares of the crop

sharecroppers had to buy their own supplies

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The 15th Amendment affected the women's suffrage movement by

splitting the movement

uniting the movement

securing suffrage for all women

securing suffrage for white women

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Reconstruction was successful in

healing the bitterness between the North and the South

reestablishing cotton as the single most important part of the southern economy

raising African Americans' expectations of their right to citizenship

providing lasting protection for all freed people

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What did Republicans gain from the Compromise of 1877

Radical Republicans retained control of Congress

Federal aid to the South was controlled by Republicans

Rutherford B. Hayes became President

Republicans received powerful Cabinet positions

35.

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During his presidency, Ulysses S. Grant

cracked down on corruption in government

took part in a plan to steal profits from the Union Pacific Railroad

gave high-level advisory posts to untrustworthy friends and acquaintances

refused to take a strong lead against southern resistance to Reconstruction

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Why was a plan for Reconstruction of the South needed?

The southern economy had grown, and northern states wanted to share the prosperity.

The Constitution provided no guidance on secession or readmission of states.

The Lincoln administration did not want to readmit the Confederate states to the Union

Many new citizens had joined the nation during the war.