Quiz 9 - Reconstruction

Quiz 9 1. Reconstruction Which of these is the strongest evidence of the federal government showing its power over state governments during the Reconstruction period? A. the creation of the sharecropping system B. the migration of carpetbaggers into southern states C. the military occupation of former Confederate states 4. One goal of post—Civil War Congressional Reconstruction was to A. repay Confederate war debts. B. ensure civil rights for former slaves. C. preserve the plantation system. D. rebuild the Southern naval system. D. the creation of the Freedmen's Bureau 2. Why did the House of Representatives impeach Andrew Johnson? A. The president refused to follow Lincoln's Reconstruction plan. B. The president violated the Tenure of O ce Act. C. Congress wanted to test the Fifteenth Amendment. 5. D. The Supreme Court supported separation of powers. During the late 19th century, the above sequence of events resulted in the 3. How did poll taxes limit citizens' rights to liberty in the late 1800s? A. The poll taxes kept women from voting and denied them a voice in the government. B. The poll taxes prevented black males from voting and denied them a voice in the government. C. A. disfranchisement of most African Americans in the South. B. movement to repeal the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. C. strengthening of the Republican Party in the South. D. expansion of free public education to all children. Counties that did not charge a poll tax did not operate voting stations. D. Poll taxes kept ex-convicts from voting. page1 6. Use the poem below to answer the following question. One-Way Ticket I am fed up With Jim Crow laws. People who are cruel And afraid, : : : I pick up my life And take it away On a one-way ticket— Gone up North, Gone out West, Gone! —Langston Hughes What was the purpose of the “Jim Crow laws” referred to in the poem? A. to guarantee su rage for African Americans B. to enforce segregation and discrimination C. to regulate the policies of Reconstruction D. to provide land for freed slaves after the Civil War Reconstruction page2 Quiz 9