• Five military districts were created in the Confederate states.
• Confederate leaders did not have the right to vote or hold office.
• The Confederate states had to ratify the 14th Amendment before being readmitted to the Union.
The items in the list above were all part of which federal legislation?
Question 1 options:
A)
the Civil Rights Act of 1866
B)
the Reconstruction Acts
C)
the Tenure of Office Act
D)
the Wade-Davis Bill
Question 2 (2 points) Question 2 Unsaved
After the Civil War, the Freedmen's Bureau was set up primarily to help which group of people?
Question 2 options:
A)
former slaves
B)
northern factory workers
C)
Confederate soldiers
D)
immigrants
Question 3 (2 points) Question 3 Unsaved
Which amendment said that citizens may not be prevented from voting because of race or previous status as a slave?
Question 3 options:
A)
the 14th Amendment
B)
the 16th Amendment
C)
the 13th Amendment
D)
the 15th Amendment
Question 4 (2 points) Question 4 Unsaved
Today, society sees slavery as a moral issue. During the antebellum era, how did the South mainly view slavery?
Question 4 options:
A)
as a demographic issue
B)
as an economic issue
C)
as a health-care issue
D)
as a geographic issue
Question 5 (2 points) Question 5 Unsaved
In the United States, the Northern economy depended on industry and the manufacturing of goods. The Southern economy depended on agriculture and trade. The issue of tariffs—taxes on goods imported from other countries—divided the United States. The South opposed high tariffs because they made trade with foreign countries more expensive.
Which of the following best explains why the North supported high tariffs on foreign goods?
Question 5 options:
A)
Without tariffs, the South would not be able to sell their crops for as much money and would stop farming altogether.
B)
With high tariffs, it was too expensive for Southern states to buy slaves from Africa, so slavery would stop spreading.
C)
With high tariffs, foreign goods were taxed so much that the North did not have to lower prices to compete with them
D)
Without tariffs, the North was afraid that America would trade so much with England that the U.S. would lose independence.
Question 6 (2 points) Question 6 Unsaved
What were the Black Codes?
Question 6 options:
A)
violent, anti-Reconstruction organizations funded by the Ku Klux Klan
B)
a series of laws passed by ex-Confederate states restricting the rights of African Americans
C)
government assisted programs that aimed to integrate schools in the South
D)
secret societies throughout the South designed to help recently freed slaves
Question 7 (2 points) Question 7 Unsaved
Which of the following best completes the chart?
Which of the following best completes the chart?
Question 7 options:
A)
The election of hundreds of African Americans to the Senate
B)
The Women's Suffrage Movement
C)
The influx of immigrants
D)
The abolition of slavery
Question 8 (2 points) Question 8 Unsaved
Following the Civil War, the people living in Louisiana and other southern states who supported Reconstruction were known as
Question 8 options:
A)
the Ku Klux Klan.
B)
the Ku Klux Klan.
C)
sharecroppers.
D)
Scalawags
Question 9 (2 points) Question 9 Unsaved
• descendants of Louisiana's Canary Island immigrants
• name means "islanders"
• speak several forms of Spanish
• famous for animal trapping and fishing
• continue to pass along their culture to the next generation
What group does the box describe?
Question 9 options:
A)
Peninsulares
B)
Islenos
C)
conquistadors
D)
slaves
Question 10 (2 points) Question 10 Unsaved
Which Louisiana group is famous for the contributions of Acadian language, jazz, folk tales, and great food to the culture of Louisiana?
Question 10 options:
A)
African Americans
B)
Swedish
C)
Native Americans
D)
Cajuns
