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Reconstruction Test
Social Studies Reconstruction Test Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who proposed the Reconstruction Act? | Radical Republicans (1867) |
| What 4 things did the Reconstruction Act lead to/affect/do? | It disbanded Southern State governments that WOULDN'T ratify the 14TH Amendment; Southern states had to write new state CONSTITUTIONS including the 14th Amendment; Confederates could NOT vote or hold office; & African Americans guaranteed right to VOTE |
| What was the Freedmen's Bureau, who did it help and what did it provide? | It was a GOVERNMENT AGENCY that helped FORMER SLAVES and POOR WHITES and provided them with FOOD, CLOTHING, JOBS FOR FREEDMEN, MEDICAL CARE FOR 1 MILLION, SCHOOLS FOR FREEDMEN, and CREATED COLLEGES. |
| When was President Lincoln assassinated, who shot him and who became America's new President? | Lincoln was assassinated on APRIL 14, 1865 in Ford's Theatre by JOHN WILKES BOOTH - ANDREW JOHNSON became President. |
| What did the 13th Amendment do? | It BANNED SLAVERY throughout the nation. |
| What were black codes? | LAWS that SEVERELY LIMITED THE RIGHTS OF FREEDMEN. |
| What did the Civil Rights Act of 1866 do? | It GAVE AFRICAN AMERICANS CITIZENSHIP. |
| What did the 14th Amendment do? | ALL PEOPLE BORN IN THE US WERE GUARANTEED EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS, FORBADE STATES TO DEPRIVE ANY PERSON OF LIFE, LIBERTY OR PROPERTY WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF THE LAW. |
| What did the 15th Amendment do? | It FORBADE ANY STATE TO DENY ANY CITIZEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE BECAUSE OF RACE, COLOR, OR PREVIOUS CONDITION OF SERVITUDE |
| What was a Scalawag? | A WHITE SOUTHERN REPUBLICAN |
| What was a carpetbagger? | A NORTHERNER WHO MOVED TO THE SOUTH AFTER THE CIVIL WAR for many reasons. |
| Could and did African Americans hold office? | YES! |
| Who was the KKK and what was their purpose? | The KU KLUX KLAN, through FEAR, worked to KEEP AFRICAN AMERICANS and WHITE REPUBLICANS OUT OF OFFICE |
| What was sharecropping? | The RENTING AND FARMING A PLOT OF OWNED LAND, the owners providing SEED, FERTILIZER, and TOOLS in return for a SHARE OF THE CROP at harvest time - Freedmen and their families usually took hold of this job to make money |
| What year marks the end of Reconstruction when all of the Federal troops in the South were removed? | 1877 |
| What were Poll Taxes? | The FEE you had to pay to VOTE |
| What were Literacy Tests? | A TEST that required voters to READ and EXPLAIN A PART OF THE CONSTITUTION |
| What was the Grandfather Clauses? | If a voter’s FATHER OR GRANDFATHER had been ELIGIBLE to VOTE on JANUARY 1, 1867 the voter DID NOT have to take a literacy test |
| What were Jim Crow Laws? | SEGREGATION, LEGAL SEPARATION of RACES |
| What was the Plessy V. Ferguson? | Supreme Court ruled SEGREGATION was LEGAL as long as facilities for BLACKS and WHITES were EQUAL |
| What is amnesty? | GOVERNMENT PARDON. |
| What is impeaching? | To BRING CHARGES of SERIOUS WRONGDOING against a PUBLIC OFFICIAL |
| What is segregation? | LEGAL SEPARATION of people based on RACE, ETHNIC, or other differences. |
| Were Literacy Tests fair to the majority of American Americans who didn't know how to read? | NO! |
| Was the Grandfather Clauses fair to African Americans whose ancestors weren't able to vote? | NO! |
| Did people actually work to make the facilities equal to blacks and whites, according to the Plessy V. Ferguson act? | NO! |
| Who was a Freedmen? | MEN and WOMEN who had ONCE BEEN SLAVES. |
| Who proposed the Ten Percent Plan and what were the conditions to the former Confederate States to rejoin the Union? | PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN in 1863; HAVING 10% OF SOUTHERN VOTERS TAKE AN OATH OF LOYALTY and HAVING THE ABOLISHMENT OF SLAVERY. |
| Who proposed the Wade-Davis Bill and what were the conditions to the former Confederate States to rejoin the Union? | REPUBLICANS in CONGRESS in 1864; the MAJORITY OF WHITE MEN had to SWEAR LOYALTY to the US and FORMER CONFEDERATES could NOT VOTE or HOLD OFFICE. |
| Who proposed the Johnson Plan and what were the conditions to the former Confederate States to rejoin the Union? | PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON in 1865; MAJORITY OF WHITE MEN had to SWEAR LOYALTY to the US, the 13TH AMENDMENT had to be PASSED, but FORMER CONFEDERATES COULD VOTE AND HOLD OFFICE. |
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