UNIT 9 Reconstruction Test Review

WARM UP – May 23 TEST REVIEW – Answer these on a clean sheet of paper 1. What is the term to describe how land owners divided up land and gave it to former slaves and poor whites on credit in exchange for half of the crop’s harvest? 2. What was Lincoln’s Plan for Reconstruction called? What plan did the Radical Republicans respond with? How were the two plans different? 3. What did the South want in exchange for agreeing to Rutherford B. Hayes becoming President?

RECONSTRUCTION TEST REVIEW 1. What effect did the Reconstruction amendments have on southern states? (A) They provided African American citizens with greater access to the government (B) They encouraged African American women to begin exercising their right to vote (C) They discouraged African Americans from joining the Republican Party (D) They prevented African American from participating in state elections

2. After the Civil War, many owners of large plantations in the South responded to the loss of enslaved labor by: (A) Hiring Irish immigrants to do the work of freedmen (B) Selling their plantations to formerly enslaved persons (C) Creating tenant farms and sharecropping (D) Paying wages to farmworkers who had migrated from the North

3. As the Civil War ended, which action was supported by President Abraham Lincoln and the Radical Republicans? (A) Abolishing the institution of slavery by a constitutional amendment (B) Passing Black Codes to guarantee equality for formerly enslaved persons (C) Putting Confederate leaders on trial for war crimes (D) Ending the military occupation of the South immediately

4. The Homestead Act and grants of land to railroads were used to: (A) Raise money to finance the federal government (B) Limit the influence of monopolies and trusts (C) Support the development of state universities (D) Encourage settlement of the West

5. Literacy tests, grandfather clauses, and poll taxes were enacted by Southern States to: (A) Limit the movement of African Americans (B) Restrict the voting rights of African Americans (C) Improve the social status of African Americans (D) Expand educational opportunities for African Americans

6. Black Codes were established in the South immediately after the Civil War in an effort to: (A) Integrate freedmen into American society (B) Enforce the Emancipation Proclamation (C) Expand educational opportunities (D) Limit the rights of newly freed African Americans

7. After the Civil War, the purpose of adding the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Constitution was to: (A) Grant civil and political rights to Native American Indians (B) Allow women to become full citizens (C) Guarantee African Americans equal treatment under the law (D) Extend constitutional rights to new territories

8. Jim Crow laws passed in the South during the late 1800s were designed to: (A) Support civil rights for African Americans (B) Create a system of legal segregation (C) Give free land to formerly enslaved persons (D) Compensate landowners for damage done during the Civil War

9. What was a major result of the Civil War? (A) The judiciary became the dominant branch of the federal government. (B) Congress passed an amendment to provide for the direct election of senators (C) The power of the central government was strengthened (D) States were given the right to secede from the Union.

10. What was a result of the disputed presidential election of 1876? (A) Reconstruction ended as federal troops were removed from the South. (B) Slavery was reestablished in the South by state legislatures. (C) New state laws were passed in the South to guarantee equal rights for African Americans. (D) A constitutional amendment was adopted to correct problems with the electoral college system

11. In the Compromise of 1877 that ended Reconstruction, Republicans agreed to: (A) Allow a southerner to serve on the Presidential cabinet (B) Support the Black Codes (C) Award the presidency to Democrat Samuel Tilden (D) Accept the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford

12. During the late 1800s, major improvements to a nationwide system of trade were made with the: (A) Construction of a network of canals (B) Use of steamboats on rivers (C) Completion of transcontinental railroads (D) Construction of toll roads

13. Which faction of the Republican Party wanted Reconstruction to punish the former Confederacy, disenfranchise large numbers of Southern whites, and confiscate the property of leading candidates? (A) Moderates (B) Radicals (C) Scalawags (D) Conservatives

14. Which of the following was NOT associated with the Compromise of 1877? (A) Removal of the last federal troops from the South (B) Increased federal aid for railroads and other internal improvements (C) Appointment of a Southerner to the cabinet (D) Repeal of the Civil Rights Act of 1866

15. After the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, African Americans continued to experience political and economic oppression mainly because: (A) The amendments were not intended to solve their problems (B) Many African Americans distrusted the Federal Government (C) Southern legislators enacted Jim Crow Laws (D) Poor Communication kept people from learning about their legal rights

16. Denied the right to vote to people who could not vote themselves, or whose ancestors could not vote, as of January 1, 1867 17. Gave the right to vote to all males regardless of race 18. Used by southern whites to limit the freedoms and rights of ex-slaves 19. Gave land away for free in order to encourage settlement in the

20. Lasted from 1865-1877 21. Abolished slavery throughout the United States 22. Southern white officeholders who had not supported the Confederate government during the Civil War 23. Northerners who held office in the South and often accepted money in return for political favors 24. Gave citizenship to free blacks and former slaves 25. Divided ten former Confederate States into five military districts in order to carry out Congress program of Reconstruction

1. FINISH CIVIL WAR/RECONSTRUCTION RAFTS 2. IF YOU ARE DONE… CREATE A KAHOOT – 15 questions for the Reconstruction