Chapter Test: The End of Reconstruction

Question 1

___________ demanded that the Southern states meet stricter requirements for rejoining the Union.
A) Federalists
B) Democrats
C) Radical Republicans

Answer 1

C) Radicla Republicans

Question 2

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by ______________.
A) a Northerner who believed in slavery
B) a Southerner seeking revenge against Lincoln and the North.
C) a group of plantation owners furious about the damage from the war.

Answer 2

B) a Southerner seeking revenge against Lincoln and the North.

Question 3

According to the Compromise of 1877, ____________.
A) Southern states had the right to control their own affairs.
B) Southern states could not be run by former slave owners.
C) Union troops would remain in the South to enforce laws.

Answer 3

A) Southern states had the right to control their own affairs.

Question 4

According to the Compromise of 1877, Democrats had to accept _______________ as president.
A) Samuel Tilden
B) Rutherford Hayes
C) Samuel Johnson

Answer 4

B) Rutherford Hayes

Question 5

After the assassination of Lincoln,______________ was sworn in as president.
A) Andrew Jackson
B) James K. Polk
C) Andrew Johnson

Answer 5

C) Andrew Johnson

Question 6

Andrew Johnson was a ____________.
A) Republican
B) Democrat
C) Federalist

Answer 6

B) Democrat

Question 7

Andrew Johnson was responsible for _____________.
A) ending slavery
B) reconstructing the country
C) assisting the radical republicans

Answer 7

B) reconstructing the country

Question 8

Carpetbaggers were ___________.
A) white southerners who went north after the civil war.
B) former slaves who went north after the civil war.
C) Northerners who moved south after the civil war.

Answer 8

C) Northerners who moved south after the civil war.

Question 9

Congressmen trying to impeach President Johnson claimed that he ____________.
A) lied under oath
B) unlawfully fired certain federal officers
C) created laws that were unconstitutional

Answer 9

B) unlawfully fired certain federal officers

Question 10

Freedmen were ____________.
A) Southern soldiers who had been prisoners of war.
B) former slaves
C) Congressmen who opposed President Johnson

Answer 10

B) former slaves