Question

identifying main ideas
write the letter of the correct answer in the blank provided. (10 points each)

1. reconstruction was the effort to restore

a. confederate soldiers to the army,
b. the southern states to the union.
c. voting rights to african americans.
d. failed southern factories to economic health.

1. in his plan for reconstruction, lincoln insisted that southern states

a. make an official apology to former slaves.
b. ratify the thirteenth amendment.
c. remain in the confederacy.
d. repay the north for war damages.

1. unlike lincoln, president johnson was willing to

a. support reconstruction.
b. punish the south for the war.
c. oppose the thirteenth amendment.
d. issue pardons to confederate leaders.

1. black codes restricted the

a. rights of african americans.
b. ability of southern leaders to govern.
c. freedom of tenant farmers.
d. number of northerners allowed to move to the south.

1. the fourteenth amendment gives

a. equal protection of the laws to all citizens.
b. women’s right to vote.
c. african americans the right to vote.
d. freedom of the press.

1. after the civil war, one way southern farming changed was that

a. many former slaves became sharecroppers or tenant farmers.
b. plantation owners found it easier to find workers.
c. the south stopped growing cotton.
d. the government gave farmland to all former slaves.

1. after the war, the growth of southern industry caused

a. the south to stop building railroads.
b. an end to racism.
c. the south to become more industrial than the north.
d. the growth of southern cities.

1. during reconstruction, a large amount of public money was spent on

a. lowering taxes.
b. building roads, bridges and public schools.
c. paying off southern debt.
d. building up northern industry.

1. the ku klux klan used violence to

a. prevent african americans from exercising their rights.
b. elect radical republicans to congress.
c. keep federal troops in the south.
d. expand economic opportunities for former slaves.

1. which was a positive result of the reconstruction effort?

a. southern governments vowed to battle racist groups like the klan.
b. most african americans quickly rose out of poverty.
c. new constitutional amendments expanded the rights of african americans.
d. bitterness between the north and south came to an end.

Explanation:

Question 1

Reconstruction after the Civil War aimed to bring the southern states back into the Union. Option A is incorrect as it's not about restoring soldiers to the army. Option C is part of Reconstruction but not the main effort of restoring the Union. Option D is incorrect as Reconstruction was about political and social restoration, not factory health. So the correct answer is B.

Lincoln's Reconstruction plan required southern states to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment (ending slavery). Option A: No official apology to slaves was required. Option C: Southern states left the Confederacy, so they couldn't remain. Option D: Repaying war damages wasn't a requirement. So B is correct.

Johnson was lenient and issued pardons to Confederate leaders, unlike Lincoln who had a more moderate but less lenient approach. Option A: Johnson didn't strongly support Reconstruction. Option B: He didn't want to punish the South. Option C: He didn't oppose the Thirteenth Amendment. So D is correct.

Answer:

B. the southern states to the Union.

Question 2