Question

Question

Arrange the following legislation that was passed after the Civil War in the proper chronological order:
Reconstruction Act
Wade-Davis Bill
Fifteenth Amendment
Compromise of 1877
(1 point)
Responses

I., II., III., IV.
I., II., III., IV.

I., II. IV., III.
I., II. IV., III.

II., I., III., IV.
II., I., III., IV.

III., IV., II., I.

Answer 1

To arrange the legislation in chronological order, we need to look at the dates when each item was passed:

1. Wade-Davis Bill - Introduced in 1864 but pocket-vetoed by President Lincoln. It represents Congressional Reconstruction proposals during the Civil War era.
2. Reconstruction Act - Passed in 1867, it laid out the process for readmitting Southern states into the Union.
3. Fifteenth Amendment - Ratified in 1870, it guaranteed voting rights regardless of race.
4. Compromise of 1877 - Reached in 1877, it effectively ended Reconstruction by withdrawing federal troops from the South.

Putting these in order:

1. Wade-Davis Bill (1864)
2. Reconstruction Act (1867)
3. Fifteenth Amendment (1870)
4. Compromise of 1877 (1877)

So the correct order is:

II., I., III., IV.