Reconstruction in Georgia — Unit test Answers

Under the provisions of the Wade-Davis Bill of 1864,

In the Scott v. Sandford case, the Supreme Court

Who opposed Dred Scott in his court case?

In what year was the Fourteenth Amendment ratified?

As a result of the Supreme Court ruling in the Dred Scott case, enslavers had the legal right to take enslaved persons into

What was the most controversial states’ rights issue in the years before the Civil War?

After the Thirteenth Amendment became part of the Constitution,

The congressmen who wanted to take a more punitive approach to Reconstruction were

The Freedmen’s Bureau in Georgia helped

A grandfather clause was a law that

The Union wanted to capture Fort Pulaski because it would help the Union

The abolitionist movement in the 1850s is best described as

Which laws in the 1865 rewrite of Georgia’s constitution still discriminated against African Americans? Check all that apply.Interracial marriages were prohibited.African Americans were not able to attend school.African American males were not able to vote.Freedmen were unable to serve on juries.Freedmen were not able to run for office.

How did Republicans in Congress overcome President Johnson’s disapproval of the Reconstruction Acts?

Which conditions best describe Andersonville Prison? Check all that apply.It was safe.It was the least crowded.It had high disease rates.It lacked food supplies.It lacked clean water.It had few deaths.It lacked barracks.