RECUN And antebel Quiz

Question 1

Causes of the civil war:

Answer 1

Economic and social differences between the North and the South
Slavery and its expansion into new territories

Question 2

Abe Linc:

Answer 2

President at the time, “abolished” slavery

Question 3

10 percent plan

Answer 3

Lincoln’s Reconstruction plan, aimed at a swift reunification of the country
Required 10% of a state’s voters to take an oath of allegiance for readmission to the Union

Question 4

Wade Davis Bill:

Answer 4

Congressional Reconstruction plan that was more stringent than Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan
Required the majority of white males in a state to take an oath of allegiance for readmission to the Union
Role

Question 5

Role/actions of Congress during the Reconstruction Era:

Answer 5

Impeached President Andrew Johnson
Passed several Reconstruction Acts to reshape the Southern states and protect the rights of freedmen

Question 6

Black codes

Answer 6

Laws passed by Southern states to restrict the rights and freedoms of African Americans after the Civil War

Question 7

13th amend

Answer 7

Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude in the United States

Question 8

14th

Answer 8

Granted citizenship and equal protection under the law to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S.

Question 9

15th

Answer 9

Prohibited the denial of the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude

Question 10

Recon Act 1867

Answer 10

Divided the South into military districts and imposed military rule
Aimed to enforce the rights of freedmen and ensure the readmission of Southern states to the Union
Each state needed to make a new government that included black men

Question 11

KKK

Answer 11

Divided the South into military districts and imposed military rule
Aimed to enforce the rights of freedmen and ensure the readmission of Southern states to the Union

Question 12

Republican Party

Answer 12

Supported abolition of slavery and civil rights for African Americans during and after the Civil War

Question 13

Democratic Party

Answer 13

Historically Southern-based party that resisted civil rights reforms and Reconstruction policies

Question 14

Edisto Island:

Answer 14

Site of significant land redistribution efforts by the Freedmen’s Bureau after the Civil War

Question 15

Sharecropping

Answer 15

Agricultural system where former slaves and poor whites worked land owned by others in exchange for a share of the crops

Question 16

Compromise of 1877:

Answer 16

Informal agreement that ended the disputed 1876 presidential election and marked the end of Reconstruction
Resulted in the withdrawal of federal troops from the South and the end of efforts to protect the rights of African Americans

Question 17

Successes of Reconstruction:

Answer 17

Abolition of slavery (13th Amendment)
Civil rights legislation (14th and 15th Amendments)
Establishment of the Freedmen’s Bureau to aid freed slaves

Question 18

Failures of Reconstruction:

Answer 18

Failure to fully enforce civil rights laws and protect freedmen from violence
Resurgence of racial discrimination and segregation, especially in the South