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Reconstruction in Georgia — Cumulative exam Answers

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

A
Johnson’s plan pardoned most Southern whites and did not protect the rights of free African Americans.
B
Johnson’s plan pardoned some Confederates but did not allow them to participate in government.
C
Johnson’s plan made it difficult, if not impossible, for Confederates to reestablish governments.
D
Johnson’s plan created policies that only the Radical Republicans in Congress supported.
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Which of the following abolished involuntary servitude in the United States?

A
the Thirteenth Amendment
B
the Fourteenth Amendment
C
the Reconstruction Acts
D
the Black Codes
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African Americans contributed to the Union war effort on the home front by working as

A
cooks and sharecroppers.
B
businessmen and surgeons.
C
carpenters and shopkeepers.
D
carpenters and surgeons.
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On February 24, 1868, President Andrew Johnson was impeached by

A
the US Senate.
B
the House of Representatives.
C
the Supreme Court.
D
the readmitted Southern states.
5

The Fourteenth Amendment affected many court cases, such as Brown v. Board of Education, in which

A
women gained the right to equal pay.
B
school segregation was outlawed.
C
African Americans gained the right to vote.
D
the Black Codes became unconstitutional.
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How did Northern Republicans react to the new members of Congress who joined in 1866?

A
They were angry that African Americans had been elected to Congress.
B
They were outraged that former Confederates were able to join Congress.
C
They encouraged cooperation to accomplish the goals of Reconstruction.
D
They decided to hand over control of Reconstruction to President Johnson.
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Following the Emancipation Proclamation, which of the following constitutional amendments formally ended slavery?

A
the First Amendment
B
the Fifth Amendment
C
the Eighth Amendment
D
the Thirteenth Amendment
8

What was Sandford’s argument in the Scott v. Sandford case?

A
An enslaved person in a free state should be granted freedom.
B
A person’s property cannot be taken away without due process.
C
Enslaved people should not be considered property.
D
Enslaved people should have the right to a trial by jury.
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Read the excerpt below from the Supreme Court ruling in the Scott v. Sandford.[T]he legislation and histories of the times, and the language used in the Declaration of Independence, show, that neither the class of persons who had been imported as slaves, nor their descendants, whether they had become free or not, were then acknowledged as a part of the people.The main subject of the excerpt is

A
the lack of citizenship for enslaved people.
B
the practice of importing enslaved people from Africa.
C
the practice of relocating from a slave state to a free state.
D
the right of an owner to retain his or her property.
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After Black Codes were established in the South, unemployed African Americans

A
could be arrested as vagrants.
B
could take their pick of jobs.
C
often escaped to the North.
D
were returned to enslavement.
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Under Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction, what percentage of a state’s population had to swear an oath of loyalty to the Union for the state to be readmitted?

A
five percent
B
ten percent
C
twenty-five percent
D
fifty percent
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A major result of the Emancipation Proclamation was that

A
it brought an end to the war.
B
it made the Union weaker.
C
it provided the Union with a larger army.
D
it brought border states into the fight.
13

Supreme Court Justice Roger B. Taney grew up

A
the son of a fiery abolitionist.
B
a poor Southerner.
C
in a family that enslaved people.
D
a wealthy Northerner.
14

Read the quote from Abraham Lincoln below.A house divided against itself cannot stand.The “house” that Lincoln mentions is a reference to

A
the federal government.
B
the Northern slave trade.
C
freed enslaved people.
D
Kansas and Nebraska.
15

Which political party opposed the Dred Scott decision?

A
the Know-Nothing Party
B
the Free-Soil Party
C
the Democratic Party
D
the Republican Party
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As a result of some former Confederate states’ refusal to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment,

A
Congress established military rule in the South.
B
Congress changed the ratification process.
C
those states reluctantly rejoined the Union.
D
the amendment was not ratified for many years.
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The passage of the Fifteenth Amendment led to

A
a ban on giving literacy tests to people in the southern states so they could vote.
B
more African Americans being elected to all levels of government.
C
the establishment of grandfather clauses that helped African Americans in the voting booth.
D
poll taxes being outlawed because they were discriminatory.
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States that wanted to rejoin the Union during Reconstruction had to

A
create a branch of the Freedmen’s Bureau.
B
register white and African American voters.
C
show their support for the Black Codes.
D
organize at least one new military district.
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How did President Johnson handle land that had been abandoned in the South during the Civil War?

A
He returned it to white landowners.
B
He gave it to freed African Americans.
C
He granted it to Northern military leaders.
D
He claimed it for the federal government.
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What did the Reconstruction Acts of 1867 accomplish?

A
They divided the South into five military districts.
B
They prohibited Southerners from joining Congress.
C
They granted voting rights to all Americans over the age of 21.
D
They limited the employment of African Americans.

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