Reconstruction

Question 1

Who was the Republican candidate for president in the election of 1876?

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Rutherford B. Hayes

Question 2

How did President Johnson handle the Freedmen’s Bureau?

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He did not support the agency and vetoed a law that would keep it going.

Question 3

Which of the following were services provided by the Freedmen’s Bureau?

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legal help and schools for African Americans

Question 4

During Reconstruction, many Southerners became increasingly angry, which was demonstrated by

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the increase of white supremacist groups.

Question 5

What deal did congressional Democrats and Republicans make regarding the outcome of the presidential election of 1876?

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The president would be a Republican, and federal troops would be removed from the South.

Question 6

Congress opposed President Johnson in several ways, including

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taking over the plans for Reconstruction.

Question 7

During Reconstruction, the Congressmen who wanted to punish the South for starting the Civil War were

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Radical Republicans.

Question 8

During Reconstruction, white supremacists in the South targeted

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African Americans, carpetbaggers, and scalawags.

Question 9

How did Congressional Reconstruction affect newly free African Americans in the South?

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They gained the right to vote as well as other rights and freedoms.

Question 10

Which of the following was a provision of the Fifteenth Amendment?

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Voting rights could not be denied based on race.

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