US History Quiz 9A - Reconstruction (15 Questions)

The following is a quiz with the Reconstruction based questions.

Take this quiz as often as you would like. You goal for this exam should be 60% or higher.

1 After the Civil War, a significant cause of the conflict between President Andrew Johnson and the Radical Republicans in Congress was disagreement over

	the plans for restoring Southern states to the Union
	a proposal to repeal the Emancipation Proclamation
	reduction of the army and the navy to prewar levels
	congressional efforts to pay the Confederate war debt

2 Base your answer to the following question on the quotation below and on your knowledge of social studies.

. . . With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations. – Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address,March 4, 1865

This statement reveals President Lincoln's support for

	a new peace treaty with Great Britain
	universal male suffrage
	a fair and generous peace
	harsh punishment for Confederate leaders

3 Base your answer to question on the quotation below and on your knowledge of social studies.

... With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan—to do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and a lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations. – President Abraham Lincoln, 1865

This statement by President Lincoln contributed to disagreements over the

	continuation of a military draft
	provision of free land to settlers
	negotiations with foreign nations after the Civil War
	treatment of the former Confederate states and their leaders

4 What was the underlying reason for the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson?

	the Credit Mobilier scandal
	a power struggle with Congress over Reconstruction and the Tenure in Office Act
	his refusal to appoint new justices to the Supreme Court
	his policies toward Native American Indians

5 Most of the amendments to the United States Constitution have dealt with

	expanding the powers of the presidency
	setting immigration restrictions
	strengthening the authority of state governments
	guaranteeing civil and political rights

6 What was a major result of the Reconstruction Period?

	The political and economic rights of women were expanded and strengthened.
	The power of the states increased at the expense of the Federal Government.
	Racial segregation in United States schools ended.
	The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments were added to the United States Constitution.

7 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 Southern segregationists

8 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

	the process of amending the Constitution became slower and more complex
	the guarantees in the Bill of Rights were applied to state actions
	every citizen gained an absolute right to freedom of speech and assembly
	the power of the Federal Government was sharply reduced

9 After the Civil War, many owners of large plantations in the South responded to the loss of enslaved labor by

	hiring Irish immigrants to do the work of freedom
	selling their plantations to formerly enslaved persons
	creating tenant farms and sharecropping
	paying wages to farmworkers who had migrated from the North

10 Which statement is a valid generalization about the experience of African Americans during the early Reconstruction period (1865-1870)?

	They gained economic equality.
	Their participation in government decreased.
	They achieved legal rights through constitutional amendments.
	Their political equality was opposed by most Radical Republicans.

11 Literacy tests, grandfather clauses, and poll taxes were enacted by Southern States to

	limit the movement of African Americans
	restrict the voting rights of African Americans
	improve the social status of African Americans
	expand educational opportunities for African Americans

12 After the Civil War, which development limited economic opportunities for African Americans in the South?

	creation of military districts
	establishment of the Freedmen’s Bureau
	use of the sharecropping system
	ratification of the 14th amendment

13 In the South, the passage of Jim Crow laws in the 1870s and 1880s led directly to the

	racial integration of public schools
	decline of the Democratic party
	organization of the Ku Klux Klan
	segregation of public facilities

14 How did the southern states attempt to limit the impact of constitutional amendments passed during the Reconstruction Era?

	passing Jim Crow laws
	ending racial discrimination
	seceding from the Union
	fighting the Civil War

15 What was a major result of the Reconstruction period?

	the former Confederate states were restored to full membership in the Union
	most African Americans were able to take advantage of education at colleges and universities
	the two-party political system became stronger in the South
	sectional differences and the idea of States rights disappeared

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