Presidential and Radical Reconstruction — Quiz

Question 1

President Johnson announced that the Union was restored in

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December 1865.

Question 2

Congress passed the Tenure of Office Act in 1867 to

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restrict President Johnson’s powers.

Question 3

Under President Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction, how could states be readmitted to the Union?

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State conventions had to establish new governments.

Question 4

President Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction frustrated many members of Congress because it

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established laws that limited the rights of African Americans.; accepted election results that returned Southern planters to power.

Question 5

What did the Reconstruction Act of 1867 accomplish?

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The act divided the South into five military districts.

Question 6

Which statement best describes President Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction?

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Johnson’s plan was similar to Lincoln’s plan, but stricter.; Johnson’s plan angered Democrats in Congress.

Question 7

Radical Republicans in Congress opposed President Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction because they thought it was too

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moderate.

Question 8

Which statement best describes the Wade-Davis Bill?

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

Question 9

Radical Republicans in Congress wanted to provide more rights for formerly enslaved people, so they

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overturned several of President Johnson’s vetoes.

Question 10

Which law established martial law in the South after the Civil War?

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the Reconstruction Act of 1867

Presidential and Radical Reconstruction — Quiz Answers