quiz 1

Question 1

Name the federal organization set up by Congress on March 3, 1865, to relieve the plight of ex-slaves.

Answer 1

Freedman’s Bureau

Question 2

What was Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction called?

Answer 2

10% Plan

Question 3

Since the Radical Republicans thought Lincoln’s plan was too lenient, what bill did they pass in 1864 to make Reconstruction more difficult for the South?

Answer 3

Wade-Davis Bill

Question 4

What kind of veto did Lincoln give the Wade-Davis Bill?

Answer 4

Pocket veto

Question 5

Who assassinated Lincoln on April 11th, 1865?

Answer 5

John Wilkes Booth

Question 6

Who became president after Lincoln was assassinated?

Answer 6

Andrew Johnson

Question 7

The Civil Rights Act gave blacks equal protection under the law and became what amendment to the constitution?

Answer 7

14th amendment

Question 8

Name the terrorist organization that was founded in Pulaski County Tennessee as a social club

Answer 8

kkk

Question 9

Because Andrew Johnson violated the Tenure of Office Act, he was the first president to be what?

Answer 9

Impeached

Question 10

How many votes shy was Johnson of being convicted by the Senate?

Answer 10

1 vote

Question 11

What amendment to the constitution abolished slavery?

Answer 11

13th amendment

Question 12

Unionist Yankees who moved to the South were called what?

Answer 12

carpetbaggers

Question 13

Unionists born in the South were regarded as traitors to the South’s lost cause and were called what?

Answer 13

Scalawags

Question 14

The 15th amendment to the constitution gave black men the right to do what?

Answer 14

vote

Question 15

Designed to preserve some form of slavery, Southern legislatures passed laws to restrict the freedom of blacks known as what?

Answer 15

black codes

Question 16

People who wanted to redeem their states from the Republicans were called what?

Answer 16

Redeemers

Question 17

After being upset with Johnson, what government body took control of Reconstruction away from the president?

Answer 17

Radical Republicans

Question 18

Which Civil War hero was elected in 1868 after Andrew Johnson?

Answer 18

Ulysses S. Grant

Question 19

Rutherford B. Hayes (19th president) became president and agreed to withdraw federal troops from the South as part of what compromise?

Answer 19

Compromise of 1877

Question 20

In 1877, when federal troops were removed from the South, what officially came to an end?

Answer 20

reconstruction

Question 21

Final battle of the Civil War that takes place in Texas

Answer 21

Palmito Ranch

Question 22

Place where Lincoln was assassinated by Booth

Answer 22

Ford’s Theater

Question 23

• Unionist southerner
• Lincolns vice president
• New 3 step plan for confederate states

Answer 23

A. Johnson - R

Question 24

US military oversees reconstruction in the south

Answer 24

Congressional Reconstruction

Question 25

1876 democratic presidential candidate. wins the popular vote

Answer 25

Tilden - D

Question 26

Reconstruction ends when?

Answer 26

When Hayes withdrawals the troops form the south

Question 27

When does the Secret Service actually begin?

Answer 27

1901 because someone tried stealing Lincolns dead body

Question 28

Who is the first US president to be impeached

Answer 28

Andrew Johnson

Question 29

What was the last play that Lincoln watched at Ford’s theater

Answer 29

Our American Cousin

Question 30

What Booth said after shooting Lincoln when he jumped onto the stage. Meaning “thus always to tyrants”

Answer 30

“Sic semper Tyrannis”

Question 31

It was rumored that Jefferson Davis did what?

Answer 31

Drag