Quiz on Unit 14

Question 1

Before Andrew Johnson became Vice President, he had been:

Answer 1

military governor of Tennessee

Question 2

The Tenure of Office Act said:

Answer 2

the president could not fire any appointee who had been confirmed by the Senate

Question 3

When the Republican-controlled Congress convened in December of 1865:

Answer 3

Congress rejected the representatives from the former Confederate states

Question 4

The agency formed by Congress to help former slaves was the:

Answer 4

Freedmen’s Bureau

Question 5

The Fourteenth Amendment:

Answer 5

defined citizenship and guaranteed the legal rights of citizens

Question 6

In the 1866 congressional election:

Answer 6

Radical Republicans increased their majority in Congress

Question 7

In Johnson’s impeachment trial:

Answer 7

Johnson avoided being convicted and removed from office by one vote.

Question 8

Black codes were:

Answer 8

state laws that restricted the rights of blacks

Question 9

Carpetbaggers were:

Answer 9

northerners who moved to the South during Reconstrcution

Question 10

The Military Reconstruction Act put the former states into:

Answer 10

five military discricts

Question 11

Congress oversaw Radical Reconstruction by creating teh:

Answer 11

Joint Committee on Reconstruction

Question 12

People who farmed and received a portion of the harvest as pay were called:

Answer 12

sharecroppers

Question 13

The Fourteenth Amendment declared Confederate debts to be:

Answer 13

null and void

Question 14

Because blacks were largely shut out from white society, blacks responded by:

Answer 14

organizing black churches and fraternal groups

Question 15

The Homestead Act:

Answer 15

enabled people to receive land free by living on it or farming it for five years