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Chapter 16: The Era of Reconstruction, 1865–1877

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Chapter 16: The Era of Reconstruction, 1865–1877

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16-1 §16.1 source ↗

What was Lincoln’s primary goal immediately following the Civil War?
  1. a.
    punishing the rebel states
  2. b.
    improving the lives of formerly enslaved people
  3. c.
    reunifying the country
  4. d.
    paying off the debts of the war

Answer

C. reunifying the country

16-3 §16.1 source ↗

What was the purpose of the Thirteenth Amendment? How was it different from the Emancipation Proclamation?

Answer

The Thirteenth Amendment officially and permanently banned the institution of slavery in the United States. The Emancipation Proclamation had freed only those enslaved in rebellious states, leaving many enslaved people—most notably, those in the border states—in bondage; furthermore, it did not alter or prohibit the institution of slavery in general.

16-5 §16.2 source ↗

Which person or group was most responsible for the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment?
  1. a.
    President Johnson
  2. b.
    northern voters
  3. c.
    southern voters
  4. d.
    Radical Republicans in Congress

Answer

D. Radical Republicans in Congress

16-7 §16.3 source ↗

Under Radical Reconstruction, which of the following did former Confederate states not need to do in order to rejoin the Union?
  1. a.
    pass the Fourteenth Amendment
  2. b.
    pass the Fifteenth Amendment
  3. c.
    revise their state constitution
  4. d.
    allow all freed men over the age of 21 to vote

Answer

B. pass the Fifteenth Amendment

16-9 §16.3 source ↗

What were the benefits and drawbacks of the Fifteenth Amendment?

Answer

The Fifteenth Amendment granted the vote to all Black men, giving formerly enslaved people and free Black people greater political power than they had ever had in the United States. Black people in former Confederate states elected a handful of Black U.S. congressmen and a great many Black local and state leaders who instituted ambitious reform and modernization projects in the South. However, the Fifteenth Amendment continued to exclude women from voting. Women continued to fight for suffrage through the NWSA and AWSA.

16-11 §16.4 source ↗

Which of the following was the term southerners used for a White southerner who tried to overturn the changes of Reconstruction?
  1. a.
    scalawag
  2. b.
    carpetbagger
  3. c.
    redeemer
  4. d.
    white knight

Answer

C. redeemer

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