1. What period does the term "Reconstruction" refer to in U.S. history?
a. 1607-1776
b. 1776-1789
c. 1865-1877
d. 1914-1920
2. Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery?
a. 13th Amendment
b. 14th Amendment
c. 15th Amendment
d. 19th Amendment
3. Which of the following best describes the main goal of Reconstruction?
a. To punish the former Confederate states for seceding from the Union
b. To rebuild infrastructure and the economies of the former Confederate states
c. To reunify the nation and integrate African-Americans into Southern society as free and equal citizens
d. To help the industrial North catch up to the agricultural South
4. Which organization, established during Reconstruction, was set up to aid newly freed slaves?
a. The Freedmen's Bureau
b. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
c. The American Colonization Society (ACS)
d. The National Advancement for the Association of Colored People (NAACP)
5. What was the significance of the Compromise of 1877?
a. It marked the end of Reconstruction in the South
b. It resolved the disputed 1820 presidential election
c. It admitted California as a free state and addressed the issue of fugitive slaves
d. It established the Electoral College system to streamline the presidential election process
6. Which of the following best describes the "black codes" enacted by Southern states during Reconstruction?
a. Laws that severely limited the rights of newly freed slaves
b. A set of rules that granted equal rights to African-Americans
c. Regulations that protected the voting rights of African-Americans
d. Laws that established free public education for all citizens, regardless of race
7. What term was used to describe Northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction to take advantage of economic opportunities?
a. Scalawags
b. Abolitionists
c. Carpetbaggers
d. Copperheads
8. Which federal act divided the former Confederate states into military districts during Reconstruction?
a. Emancipation Proclamation
b. Civil Rights Act of 1866
c. Reconstruction Act of 1867
d. The Homestead Act of 1862
9. What was the main goal of the Radical Republicans during Reconstruction?
a. To prevent freed slaves from voting
b. To ensure a lenient path to readmission for Confederate states
c. To protect and advance the civil rights of African-Americans in the South
d. To push for the separation of powers between the federal and state governments
10. Which President was impeached by Congress during Reconstruction?
a. Abraham Lincoln
b. Andrew Johnson
c. Ulysses S. Grant
d. Rutherford B. Hayes
Answers: 1. c, 2. a, 3. c, 4. a, 5. a, 6. a, 7. c, 8. c, 9. c, 10. b
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