Reconstruction Test( T/F& Multiple Choice)

Which of the following would not be an example of the blacks codes passed in the south?

Blacks had to become literate.

What action did Congress take to support blacks in the South?

Congress refused to pass the Ten Percent Plan.

The term "Solid South" refers to the strong grip this political party had on the south after the failure of Reconstruction.

Democratic

T/F President Johnson, the first president to be impeached, was forced to leave office once he was found guilty by the Senate.

False

T/F Segregation existed only in the South as a way to discriminate against blacks.

False

Which of the following was the main goal of the Radicals for Reconstruction?

Give blacks the right to vote so they could strengthen the Republican Party.

Which event led to the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson?

Johnson's attempt to fire Secretary of War Edwin Stanton

Why did the Freedmen's Bureau ultimately fail?

President Johnson vetoed the Bureau and Congress did not override the veto.

Which of the following was not a provision of the Reconstruction Act of 1867?

Raised the taxes on southerners to help pay for the war.

T/F By 1876, the supporters of Reconstruction were in full retreat, setting up one of the most contentious elections in American history.

True

T/F Congressional Republicans pushed through the 13th Amendment, which prohibited states from denying men the right to vote based on race.

True

T/F Few sharecroppers ever got out of debt or paid off rent, leading to a cycle of debt and poverty

True

T/F President Lincoln's whole post-war idea was to facilitate reunion and reconciliation.

True

T/F Southern legislatures passed Jim Crow laws that limited African Americans' access to public accommodations and legal protections.

True

T/F The system of sharecropping replaced slavery in many places throughout the South.

True

The Radical Republicans promised "forty acres and a mule" to this group of people living in America.

ex-slaves