Presidential and Radical Reconstruction Quiz

As a result of the tension between President Johnson and the Radical Republicans, Congress voted to impeach President Johnson. Johnson declared he would stop vetoing bills. Johnson chose to support Radical Reconstruction. Congress refused to appoint Edwin Stanton.

Congress voted to impeach President Johnson.

President Johnson announced that the Union was restored in April 1865. December 1865. July 1868. February 1870.

December 1865.

What did the Reconstruction Act of 1867 accomplish? The act divided the South into five military districts. The act set a punishment for certain social behaviors. The act granted citizenship to anyone born in the US. The act limited the employment of African Americans.

The act divided the South into five military districts.

Which statement best describes the Wade-Davis Bill? The bill was passed in Congress and quickly approved by President Lincoln. The bill required a greater show of loyalty for readmittance than Lincoln's plan. The bill required states to ratify the Fifteenth Amendment to be readmitted. The bill was proposed by supporters of Johnson's plan for Reconstruction.

The bill required a greater show of loyalty for readmittance than Lincoln's plan.

Which statement best describes the Fourteenth Amendment? It granted citizenship to all individuals living in the United States. It enfranchised all male citizens and gave them the right to vote. It prevented states from denying citizens equal protection under the law. It allowed states to seize citizens' property without due process of the law.

It prevented states from denying citizens equal protection under the law.

What was one reason Congress gave for wanting to remove President Johnson from office? Johnson was violating the Civil Rights Act of 1866. Johnson was abusing his presidential powers. Johnson had failed to provide his own Reconstruction plan. Johnson had created new Cabinet positions without approval.

Johnson was abusing his presidential powers.

President Johnson's plan for Reconstruction frustrated many members of Congress because it established laws that limited the rights of African Americans. accepted election results that returned Southern planters to power. prevented leaders of the Confederacy from voting in elections. forced Southern states to pay back money borrowed for the war.

accepted election results that returned Southern planters to power.

Southern states resisted the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment by drafting and passing the Voting Rights Act. denying all female citizens the right to vote. appointing new officials to monitor elections. establishing poll taxes and literacy tests.

establishing poll taxes and literacy tests.

Radical Republicans in Congress wanted to provide more rights for formerly enslaved people, so they supported all of Johnson's Reconstruction policies. overturned several of President Johnson's vetoes. passed the Black Codes, which protected African Americans. called for a new Republican candidate for president in 1866.

overturned several of President Johnson's vetoes.

Congress passed the Tenure of Office Act in 1867 to change the approval process for appointees. restrict President Johnson's powers. extend greater rights to African Americans. limit the power of Southern politicians.

restrict president johnson's powers