Presidential and Radical Reconstruction

Question 1

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 2

Which statement best describes Southern military districts during Reconstruction?

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The South was divided into five different military districts.

Question 3

Vagrancy laws in the 1860s applied to

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people who moved from place to place without regular homes or work.

Question 4

Which statement best describes the Fourteenth Amendment?

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It prevented states from denying citizens equal protection under the law.

Question 5

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

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moderate. ✓ Correct

Question 6

What was one reason Congress gave for wanting to remove President Johnson from office?

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Johnson was abusing his presidential powers.

Question 7

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

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the Reconstruction Act of 1867

Question 8

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

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accepted election results that returned Southern planters to power. ✓ Correct

Question 9

Southern states resisted the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment by

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establishing poll taxes and literacy tests.

Presidential and Radical Reconstruction Answers