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1
Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction called for
ten percent of the voters in each southern state to swear an oath of loyalty to the United States.
denying the right to vote to southerners who served in the Confederate army.
forbidding leaders of the Confederacy to be elected to Congress.
establishing military governments in the South.
denying any southerner who fought in the Confederate army the right to hold office.
2
Food, clothing and education were provided to former slaves by the
Congressional Reconstruction Acts
Thirteenth Amendment
Ku Klux Klan
Freedmen's Bureau
Wade-Davis Bill
3
Which of the following was NOT one of the terms of the Military Reconstruction Act of 1867?
Southern states must ratify the Fourteenth Amendment.
Blacks must be permitted to vote in all southern states.
Poll taxes and literacy tests are illegal.
The South is placed under military rule.
Former Confederate officials and army officers were not allowed to vote.
4
An important result of the presidential election of 1876 was the
Democrat party regaining the presidency.
end of Reconstruction.
impeachment of Andrew Johnson.
creation of the Freedmen's Bureau.
establishment of military rule in the South.
5
After Reconstruction, blacks in the South began to
gain more seats in state legislatures.
lose interest in politics and government.
segregate themselves from southern whites.
lose political power.
vote in ever larger numbers.
6
President Johnson's Reconstruction plan
was much harsher than Lincoln's.
did not require the South to end slavery.
did not allow leaders of the Confederacy to be elected to Congress.
set relatively easy terms for states to be readmitted to the United States.
set up military rule in the South.
7
The Wade Davis Bill
required that a majority of a state's 1860 voters swear allegiance to the United States in order for the state to be readmitted.
required that 10% of a state's 1860 voters swear allegiance to the United States in order for the state to be readmitted.
gave voting rights to most whites but only encouraged new states to allow freedmen to vote.
set up the Freedmen's Bureau.
outlawed the Ku Klux Klan.
8
Which of the following was NOT a cause of conflict between President Johnson and the Republicans in Congress.
The President vetoed their Civil RIghts Bill.
The President tried to fire the Secretary of War.
The President was too lenient in allowing former Confederate officials to vote and serve in government.
The President was too harsh in his treatment of the former Confederate states.
The President campaigned against the Republican candidates for Congress.
9
A major motivation for the Republicans to pass the Fifteenth Amendment was because
they wanted to outlaw literacy tests.
they realized they needed black voters to maintain control of the government.
they wanted to outlaw the Ku Klux Klan.
they wanted to keep former Confederate officials from voting.
they wanted to limit voting to those who had had voting rights before the Civil War.
10
Which of the following statements about politics during the Reconstruction period is NOT true?
After Southern states reorganized under President Johnson's plan, they elected many representatives to Congress who had been former Confederate leaders.
Blacks' strong support of the Republican party in the 1868 election convinced them that it would be to the Republicans' benefit to pass an amendment strengthening the right of freed slaves and blacks to vote.
President Johnson believed that Congress had no right to pass laws affecting the South before Southern representatives had been readmitted to Congress and thus all Congressional bills regarding Reconstruction were unconstitutional.
Republicans lost many seats during the 1866 congressional elections due to public dislike of the Radical Republican plans for Reconstruction.
One of the charges against President Johnson was that he had criticized Radical Republican congressman during the 1866 congressional elections.
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