Unit 4 Review-Reconstruction & Westward Expansion
Which heading best completes the partial outline below? I.______________________________________________ A. Freedmen's Bureau B. Passage of the 14th amendment C. Military occupation of the South
Elements of Reconstruction
Inexpensive Land Offers to encourage people to move out west meant that
More Native American Indians on the Great Plains were forced onto reservations.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State 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. 14th Amendment - Section 1. Which of the following groups most directly advocated for this amendment?
Radical Republicans
What was a result of the disputed presidential election of 1876?
Reconstruction ended as federal troops were removed from the South
Federal Land Grants $$ to Railroads
The federal government promoted transcontinental railroad construction.
Native American children were forced to go to Indian Schools where they were stripped of their Indian culture, language and customs. This was because of the
US sending people and railroads westward into Indian terriitory.
"These brutish Northern Republicans say they are here to help rebuild the South but we know the truth; they are here to help themselves to our money!" - A Southerner in 1866 Which of the following persons is being described in the quote above?
a carpetbagger
Slavery throughout the United States was permanently abolished by the
adoption of the 13th amendment to the Constitution
Poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses were used in the South after 1890 to
deny suffrage (voting) rights to African Americans
"That the master of any vessel who shall knowingly bring within the United States on such vessel, and land or permit to be landed any Chinese laborer, from any foreign port or place, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars for each and every such Chinese laborer so brought, and and may be also imprisoned for a term not exceeding one year. Section 2, Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882 Passage of this legislation was mainly a response to
economic and race-based opposition to immigrants in the western United States
What was a common goal of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the United States Constitution?
granting basic rights to formerly enslaved persons
After the Civil War, the purpose of adding the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Constitution was to
guarantee African Americans equal treatment under the law
A primary reason for the passage of the 14th amendment in 1868 was to
guarantee citizenship rights to the newly freed slaves
Which action was an attempt by southern state governments after the Civil War to limit the rights of African Americans?
implementation of the Black Codes
Literacy tests and grandfather clauses were enacted in the South after the Reconstruction Era primarily to
limit the number of African American voters
All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State 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. 14th Amendment - Section 1. - This amendment was adopted in 1868 primarily to
protect the rights of formerly enslaved persons
The Compromise of 1877 brought an end to Radical Reconstruction by providing for the
removal of federal troops from Southern states
President Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction after the Civil War included
reuniting the nation as quickly as possible
After the Civil War, the most common occupations for freedmen were
sharecroppers and tenant farmers
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
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
After the Civil War, which development limited economic opportunities for African Americans in the South?
use of the sharecropping system
During the Reconstruction Era (1865-1877), the 15th amendment was adopted to grant African Americans
voting rights
In the Compromise of 1877 that ended Reconstruction, Republicans agreed to
withdraw federal troops from the South
