What can be inferred by the passage of the black codes?

Question

(1 point)
Responses

Many southerners were willing to allow African Americans equality.
Many southerners were willing to allow African Americans equality.

Many white Southerners wanted African American to remain as servants.
Many white Southerners wanted African American to remain as servants.

Many white Southerners wanted African Americans to receive an equal education.
Many white Southerners wanted African Americans to receive an equal education.

Southern lawmakers wanted “separate but equal” rights.
Southern lawmakers wanted “separate but equal” rights.
Question 2
#2

Which three of the following groups supported Radical Reconstruction? Choose the three that apply.

(9 points)
Responses

businesspeople interested in rebuilding
businesspeople interested in rebuilding

newly freed African Americans
newly freed African Americans

rich, white landowners
rich, white landowners

scalawags
scalawags
Question 3
#3

After the passage of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, why did African Americans continue to experience political oppression?

(1 point)
Responses

The amendments were not intended to exclusively solve African American problems.
The amendments were not intended to exclusively solve African American problems.

Southern legislatures enacted Jim Crow laws.
Southern legislatures enacted Jim Crow laws.

Many African Americans did not trust that the amendments would be upheld.
Many African Americans did not trust that the amendments would be upheld.

Poor communication kept African Americans from learning about their rights.
Poor communication kept African Americans from learning about their rights.
Question 4
#4

Which of the following is a major example of Abraham Lincoln’s policy of leniency toward the defeated South?

(1 point)
Responses

President Lincoln’s willingness to have the federal government assume responsibility of the Confederate government’s war debts
President Lincoln’s willingness to have the federal government assume responsibility of the Confederate government’s war debts

President Lincoln’s choice to have a Southerner as his vice president in the 1864 election
President Lincoln’s choice to have a Southerner as his vice president in the 1864 election

President Lincoln’s decision that the southern state governments could reorganize after 10 percent of the voters took a loyalty oath to the Union
President Lincoln’s decision that the southern state governments could reorganize after 10 percent of the voters took a loyalty oath to the Union

President Lincoln’s decision to extend the Emancipation Proclamation to include all states
President Lincoln’s decision to extend the Emancipation Proclamation to include all states
Question 5
#5

Arrange the following legislation that was passed after the Civil War in the proprer chronological order.

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Reconstruction Act
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Wade-Davis Bill
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Fifteenth Amendment
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Compromise of 1877
Question 6
#6

Why was President Lincoln unable to persuade Congress to accept his Reconstruction plan?

(1 point)
Responses

President Lincoln’s plan did not allow Northerners to vote on the Reconstruction Acts.
President Lincoln’s plan did not allow Northerners to vote on the Reconstruction Acts.

Congress believed that the Freedmen’s Bureau should be responsible for Reconstruction.
Congress believed that the Freedmen’s Bureau should be responsible for Reconstruction.

Congress believed President Lincoln’s plan was too difficult for the South.
Congress believed President Lincoln’s plan was too difficult for the South.

President Lincoln was assassinated before he was able to persuade Congress.
President Lincoln was assassinated before he was able to persuade Congress.
Question 7
#7

According to the ruling in the Plessy v. Ferguson case, why was segregation acceptable?

(1 point)
Responses

Segregation was legal because African Americans were not citizens.
Segregation was legal because African Americans were not citizens.

Segregation was legal as long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal.
Segregation was legal as long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal.

Segregation was acceptable in private facilities only.
Segregation was acceptable in private facilities only.

Segregation was acceptable on a state by state basis.

Answer 1

Here are the answers to the questions based on the information provided:

Question 1 What can be inferred by the passage of the black codes?

• Many white Southerners wanted African Americans to remain as servants.

Question 2 Which three of the following groups supported Radical Reconstruction? Choose the three that apply.

• newly freed African Americans
• scalawags
• businesspeople interested in rebuilding

Question 3 After the passage of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, why did African Americans continue to experience political oppression?

• Southern legislatures enacted Jim Crow laws.

Question 4 Which of the following is a major example of Abraham Lincoln’s policy of leniency toward the defeated South?

• President Lincoln’s decision that the southern state governments could reorganize after 10 percent of the voters took a loyalty oath to the Union.

Question 5 Arrange the following legislation that was passed after the Civil War in the proper chronological order.

1. Wade-Davis Bill
2. Reconstruction Act
3. Fifteenth Amendment
4. Compromise of 1877

Question 6 Why was President Lincoln unable to persuade Congress to accept his Reconstruction plan?

• President Lincoln was assassinated before he was able to persuade Congress.

Question 7 According to the ruling in the Plessy v. Ferguson case, why was segregation acceptable?

• Segregation was legal as long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal.

Please verify your answers based on your study materials or class discussions, as my interpretations are based on the historical context and understanding of the questions provided.