i>Clicker Questions Chapter 15: Reconstruction, 1865–1877 i>Clicker Questions

1. What statement describes Abraham Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan for Reconstruction? a. It followed the Constitution's rules for readmitting states to the Union. b. It remained in effect only while the war progressed and was replaced by congressional Reconstruction afterward c. It reflected congressional Republicans' plans for restoring the South to the Union. d. It included general amnesty to all but high-ranking Confederates willing to pledge loyalty to the Union.

2. Why did Congress pass the Fourteenth Amendment? a. To end slavery throughout the United States b. To forbid the states from denying any citizen the right to vote c. To embarrass President Johnson d. To provide constitutional protection for freedmen's civil rights

3. Why did Congress believe it was important for military commanders in the occupied South to supervise new state constitutional conventions? a. Southern states had no experience with writing constitutions. b. Northern Republicans did not trust that African Americans could behave civilly at such a convention. c. The Ku Klux Klan had threatened terrorist attacks on constitutional conventions. d. Congress wanted to ensure that new constitutions guaranteed black suffrage.

4. Why did some Republicans in the Senate vote to acquit President Andrew Johnson of criminal misconduct at the end of his impeachment trial? a. Johnson was clearly not guilty of the charge. b. They thought that removing a president over a policy dispute would be a dangerous precedent. c. They believed that the country needed a strong president. d. They thought a powerful executive was necessary to conduct foreign policy.

5. During Reconstruction, where in the South did African Americans become officeholders? a. Only in South Carolina b. Nowhere c. Across the South d. In Mississippi and Georgia only

6. Republican policies in the South during Reconstruction emphasized what policies? a. Creating an economic system based on cotton sharecropping b. Returning power to southern whites c. Lowering taxes and raising tariffs d. Expanding and implementing public education

7. What service, in addition to religious services, did churches provide African Americans after the Civil War? a. They served as courts of law. b. They served as social centers. c. They served as Democratic Party headquarters. d. They served as voting stations.

8. What was the primary reason Republican governments across the South fell one by one to Democrats in the mid-1870s? a. They were unable to diversify agricultural production and were voted out of office. b. Ex-Confederate politicians, using terrorism, silenced the black and Republican vote. c. They lost the support of northern politicians. d. Black politicians were unable to lead effectively.

9. Why did Congress pass the Enforcement Laws in 1870? a. To fund the Freedman's Bureau b. To create military districts in the South c. To try to stop violence perpetrated by the Ku Klux Klan and similar groups d. To enforce the Black Codes being enacted by Redeemer governments in the South

10. Why did the Democratic loser of the contested 1876 election, Samuel Tilden, urge Democratic House members to go along with the decision of the electoral commission? a. He had been a reluctant candidate for president in the first place. b. There were still thousands of Union troops in the South who could have undermined "Redemption" in a heartbeat. c. Republican candidate Hayes had indicated his willingness to offer substantial patronage to the South. d. Tilden had been bribed by Republican Party officials to give in.

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