Which statement most accurately describes President Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction after the Civil War?
- Southerners should be made to pay for their rebellion.
- The Union should be restored as quickly as possible.
- African Americans should b
2.) The Union should be restored as quickly as possible.
During Reconstruction, the Black Codes passed by Southern states were attempts to
- provide land to former slaves
- punish former Confederate leaders
- repeal the Jim Crow laws
- deny equal rights to African Americans
4.) deny equal rights to African Americans
Following Reconstruction, the term New South was most often used to describe
- changes in the Southern economy
- new attitudes in race relations
- the growth of the Republican Party in the South
- the decline of the sharecropping system
1.) changes in the Southern economy
The 14th and 15th Amendments, passed during Reconstruction, resulted in
- equal rights for women in the United States
- expanded rights for Native American Indians on reservations
- increased individual rights for African Americans
- additional rights for
3.) increased individual rights for African Americans
The underlying reason for the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson was
- the Credit Mobilier scandal
- a power struggle with Congress over Reconstruction
- his refusal to appoint new justices to the Supreme Court
- his policies toward Native American I
3.) his refusal to appoint new justices to the Supreme Court
Following the Civil War, many Southern states enacted Black Codes to
- provide free farmland for African Americans
- guarantee equal civil rights for African Americans
- restrict the rights of formerly enslaved persons
- support the creation of the Freedm
3.) restrict the rights of formerly enslaved persons
What was a major result of the Civil War?
- States now had the right to secede from the Union.
- Congress passed an amendment to provide for the direct election of senators.
- The power of the central government was strengthened.
- The judiciary became th
3.) The power of the central government was strengthened.
Although important strides were made, Reconstruction failed to provide lasting guarantees of the civil rights of the freedmen." Which evidence best supports this statement
- passage of Jim Crow laws in the latter part of the 19th century
- ratification o
1.) passage of Jim Crow laws in the latter part of the 19th century
The Jim Crow laws of the post-Civil War Era were attempts by
- the Federal Government to improve the status of African Americans and Native American Indians
- state and local governments to restrict the freedoms of African Americans
- states to ban organi
2.) state and local governments to restrict the freedoms of African Americans
The label "Solid South" was applied to the former Confederate States after Reconstruction because they
- consistently supported the Democratic Party
- could not participate in national politics
- rejected efforts to pass Jim Crow laws
- continued to suppo
1.) consistently supported the Democratic Party
The 14th amendment provides that no "state [shall] deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." A direct result of this amendment was that
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2.) the guarantees in the Bill of Rights were applied to state actions
The dispute between President Andrew Johnson and Congress during the Reconstruction Era illustrates the constitutional principle of
- equality of justice under the law
- federalism
- one man, one vote
- separation of powers
4.) separation of powers
Poll taxes and grandfather clauses were devices used to
- deny African Americans the right to vote
- extend suffrage to women and 18-year-old citizens
- raise money for political campaigns
- prevent immigrants from becoming citizens
1.) deny African Americans the right to vote
In their plans for Reconstruction, both President Abraham Lincoln and President Andrew Johnson sought to
- punish the South for starting the Civil War
- force the Southern States to pay reparations to the Federal Government
- allow the Southern States to
3.) allow the Southern States to reenter the nation as quickly as possible
The poll tax, the literacy test, and the actions of the Ku Klux Klan were all attempts to limit the effectiveness of
- the 14th and 15th amendments
- the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education
- civil rights legislation passed in all stat
1.) the 14th and 15th amendments
A major reason the Radical Republicans opposed President Abraham Lincoln's Reconstruction plan was that his plan
- demanded payments from the South that would have damaged its economy
- postponed the readmission of Southern States into the Union for many
4.) offered amnesty to nearly all Confederates who would swear allegiance to the United States
How were many African Americans in the South affected after Reconstruction ended in 1877?
- A constitutional amendment guaranteed their social advancement
- The Freedmen's Bureau helped them become farmowners.
- Jim Crow laws placed major restrictions on
3.) Jim Crow laws placed major restrictions on their rights.
The provision of the Radical Republicans' plan for Reconstruction that Southern States found most objectionable was that a former Confederate State could not be readmitted to the Union unless that State
- gave land and money to former slaves
- granted ful
3.) ratified the 14th amendment
After the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, African Americans continued to experience political and economic oppression mainly because
- the amendments were not intended to solve their problems
- many African Americans distrusted the Federal
3.) Southern legislatures enacted Jim Crow laws
Southern states attempted to limit the impact of constitutional amendments passed during the Reconstruction Era by
- passing Jim Crow laws
- ending racial discrimination
- seceding from the Union
- fighting the Civil War
1.) passing Jim Crow laws
No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges . . . of citizens . . . nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law. . . ." The major purpose of these provisions of the 14th A
4.) protect the rights of African Americans
The institution of slavery was formally abolished in the United States by the
- Compromise of 1850
- Emancipation Proclamation of 1863
- creation of the Freedmen's Bureau in 1865
- ratification of the 13th amendment in 1865
4.) ratification of the 13th amendment in 1865
During the late 1800s, Southern voters solidly supported the Democratic Party primarily because Democrats
- favored a stronger national government
- led efforts to advance civil rights
-opposed the Jim Crow legal system
- disliked the Reconstruction progr
4.) disliked the Reconstruction programs of the Republicans
Constitutional amendments adopted during Reconstruction were intended to
- provide legal and political rights for African Americans
- end property and religious qualifications for voting
- correct problems with the electoral college system
- limit the num
1.) provide legal and political rights for African Americans
Many Southern States tried to limit the effects of Radical Reconstruction by
- adopting federal laws mandating segregation
- enacting Jim Crow laws
- abolishing the Southern sharecropping system
- securing passage of new amendments to the United States Co
2.) enacting Jim Crow laws