reconstruction quiz #2

these laws were put in place in the South following the passage of the 13th amendment to restrict the movement and rights of former slaves…

black codes

this was a government agency that was set up to help former slaves and the people of the south transition from a society based on slavery to one that allowed freedom…

freedmen’s bureau

this amendment officially abolished slavery in the United States of America in December of 1865…

13th Amendment

which of the following was not a goal of the freedmen’s bureau?

a. provide citizenship and voting rights to African americans

b. get emergency assistance to newly freed slaves, such as food, clothing, and temporary housing

c. help freedmen find jobs

d. create schools for educating freedem

a. provide citizenship and voting rights to African americans

true or false: president abraham Lincoln tried to end the freedmen’s bureau by vetoing the bureau all together

false, Andrew Johnson

this amendment made all former slaves citizens of the United States government and provided all citizens equal rights/protections under the law…

14th amendment

this was a farm tenancy system in which families worked a farm or section of land in return for a share of the crop rather than we ages…

sharecropping

true or false: the Ku Klux Klan was created by Nathan Bedford Forrest in Pulaski, Tennessee in 1865 as a secret society who opposed African Americans obtaining civil rights.

true

true or false: congress attempted to impeach president Johnson for firing secretary of war Edwin Stanton without approval, but Johnson was saved from being removed from office by one vote, but he essentially became a “lame-duck” president.

true

in response to the violence actions of the Klan in the South, Congress passed this law that designated certain crimes committed by individuals as federal offenses.

Ku Klux Klan Act

a period from 1865-1877 where the US had to rebuild after the Civil War + readmit confederate states back into the Union

reconstruction

when was the reconstruction era in the US?

1865-1877

which of the following was NOT a key question facing reconstruction?

a. how would the south be brought back into the union?

b. how do we rebuild the north after its destruction during the war?

c. how do we integrate and protect newly freed black men and women?

d. what branch of government should control reconstruction?

b. how do we rebuild the north after its destruction during the war?

who wanted to punish the south for causing the civil war?

radical republicans

true or false: Andrew johnson’s plan was very strict toward the south

false, lenient

define carpetbagger:

northerner Republicans who moved south

define scalawag:

southerners who became republicans

true or false: John Wilkes booth original plan was to kidnap president Lincoln, but he wasn’t able to because lincoln cancelled his trip on March 17, 1865.

true

all of the following were conspirators executed for their role in the plot to assassinate president Lincoln, vice president Johnson, secretary of state Seward, and union general grant EXCEPT:

a. Mary surratt

b. Dr. Samuel mudd

c. David herold

d. George atzerdot

b. Dr. Samuel mudd

true or false: secretary of state Ulysess S. Grant was slashed in the throat twice by Lewis Powell, but he was able to survive his assassination attempt.

false, William seward

which of the following NOT TRUE about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?

a. John Wilkes booth assassinated Abraham lincoln

b. for her role in the assassination plot, mary surratt was the first woman to be sentenced to death by the US government

c. abraham Lincoln died at 7:22 a.m. in a boarding house across the street from ford’s theater

d. the assassination plot successfully killed all of the intended targets

d. the assassination plot successfully killed all of the intended targets

this amendment passed during reconstruction provided African American males with the right to vote was known as…

15th amendment

in order to prevent African American males from exercising their newly acquired right to vote, southern state governments enacted…

a. literacy tests

b. poll taxes

c. grandfather clauses

d. all of the above

d. all of the above

________ were laws that required voters to be able to read a passage and answer questions before voting.

literacy tests

this law required voters to pay money before they would be eligible to vote.

poll taxes

this law stated that a person did not have to pay a poll tax or pass a literacy tests if their grandfather was able to vote before 1866.

grandfather clauses

these were laws that were passed across southern states that were designed to keep African americans and white people completely segregated…

jim crow laws

in this 1869 supreme court ruling, they ruled that the segregation was legal.

Plessy v. Ferguson

true or false: according to the 1869 supreme court ruling, segregation was fair as long as “separate-but-equal” facilities were provided for african Americans.

true

which of the followig are examples of jim crow laws established in the South?

a. establishing separate railroad cars and waiting stations for whites and blacks

b. establishing separate cemeteries, restaurants, parks and beaches for whites and blacks

c. establishing separate jury boxes and Bibles for whites and blacks

d. all of the above

d. all of the above

which of the following is true about the compromise of 1877?

a. the Democrats in congress agreed to elect republican Rutherford B. Hayes

b. republicans in congress agreed to withdraw federal troops from the south

c. the compromise of 1877 effectively ended reconstruction

d. all of the above

d. all of the above