What can be inferred by the passage of the black codes?
(1 point)
Responses
Many southerners were willing to allow African Americans equality.
Many southerners were willing to allow African Americans equality.
Many white Southerners wanted African American to remain as servants.
Many white Southerners wanted African American to remain as servants.
Many white Southerners wanted African Americans to receive an equal education.
Many white Southerners wanted African Americans to receive an equal education.
Southern lawmakers wanted “separate but equal” rights.
Many white Southerners wanted African Americans to remain as servants.
Which of the following groups supported Radical Reconstruction? Choose all that apply.
(2 points)
Responses
businesspeople interested in rebuilding
businesspeople interested in rebuilding
newly freed African Americans
newly freed African Americans
rich, white landowners
rich, white landowners
scalawags
businesspeople interested in rebuilding
newly freed African Americans
scalawags
After the passage of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, why did African Americans continue to experience political oppression?
(1 point)
Responses
The amendments were not intended to exclusively solve African American problems.
The amendments were not intended to exclusively solve African American problems.
Southern legislatures enacted Jim Crow laws.
Southern legislatures enacted Jim Crow laws.
Many African Americans did not trust that the amendments would be upheld.
Many African Americans did not trust that the amendments would be upheld.
Poor communication kept African Americans from learning about their rights.
Poor communication kept African Americans from learning about their rights.
Southern legislatures enacted Jim Crow laws.
Which of the following is a major example of Abraham Lincoln’s policy of leniency toward the defeated South?
(1 point)
Responses
President Lincoln’s willingness to have the federal government assume responsibility of the Confederate government’s war debts
President Lincoln’s willingness to have the federal government assume responsibility of the Confederate government’s war debts
President Lincoln’s choice to have a Southerner as his vice president in the 1864 election
President Lincoln’s choice to have a Southerner as his vice president in the 1864 election
President Lincoln’s decision that the southern state governments could reorganize after 10 percent of the voters took a loyalty oath to the Union
President Lincoln’s decision that the southern state governments could reorganize after 10 percent of the voters took a loyalty oath to the Union
President Lincoln’s decision to extend the Emancipation Proclamation to include all states
President Lincoln’s decision that the southern state governments could reorganize after 10 percent of the voters took a loyalty oath to the Union
Arrange the following legislation that was passed after the Civil War in the proper chronological order:
Reconstruction Act
Wade-Davis Bill
Fifteenth Amendment
Compromise of 1877
(1 point)
Responses
I., II., III., IV.
I., II., III., IV.
I., II. IV., III.
I., II. IV., III.
II., I., III., IV.
II., I., III., IV.
III., IV., II., I.
II., I., III., IV.
Why was President Lincoln unable to persuade Congress to accept his Reconstruction plan?
(1 point)
Responses
President Lincoln’s plan did not allow Northerners to vote on the Reconstruction Acts.
President Lincoln’s plan did not allow Northerners to vote on the Reconstruction Acts.
Congress believed that the Freedmen’s Bureau should be responsible for Reconstruction.
Congress believed that the Freedmen’s Bureau should be responsible for Reconstruction.
Congress believed President Lincoln’s plan was too difficult for the South.
Congress believed President Lincoln’s plan was too difficult for the South.
President Lincoln was assassinated before he was able to persuade Congress.