Chapter 16: The Agony of Reconstruction, 1865–1877
Multiple-Choice Questions
1) Which of the following complicated the challenge of Reconstruction?
a. Most southerners would not accept that they had lost the war.
b. Radical Republicans were unwilling to compromise in any way.
c. The Constitution provided no firm guidelines for Reconstruction.
d. President Johnson was weak and indecisive.
Answer: C
Learning Objective: 16.1 What conflicts arose consecutively involving President Lincoln and then
President Johnson and Congress during Reconstruction?
Topic: 16.1 The President versus Congress
Difficulty Level: Difficult
Skill Level: Analyze It
2) President Lincoln __________.
a. favored harsh treatment of the South after the war
b. did not make the repudiation of slavery a condition for readmittance to the Union
c. never put forth a comprehensive plan for reconstruction
d. hoped to completely remake southern society after the war
Answer: C
Learning Objective: 16.1 What conflicts arose consecutively involving President Lincoln and then
President Johnson and Congress during Reconstruction?
Topic: 16.1.1 Wartime Reconstruction
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
3) By 1864, __________ and Arkansas had established Unionist governments.
a. Louisiana
b. Virginia
c. Tennessee
d. South Carolina
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 16.1 What conflicts arose consecutively involving President Lincoln and then
President Johnson and Congress during Reconstruction?
Topic: 16.1.1 Wartime Reconstruction
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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,4) Lincoln’s wartime steps toward reconstruction were meant to __________.
a. shorten the war
b. punish the South
d. satisfy his Republican critics
c. humiliate southern leaders
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 16.1 What conflicts arose consecutively involving President Lincoln and then
President Johnson and Congress during Reconstruction?
Topic: 16.1.1 Wartime Reconstruction
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Connections
5) The Wade-Davis Bill required __________ percent of voters to take a loyalty oath before a state could
be restored to the Union.
a. 10
b. 25
c. 50
d. 90
Answer: C
Learning Objective: 16.1 What conflicts arose consecutively involving President Lincoln and then
President Johnson and Congress during Reconstruction?
Topic: 16.1.1 Wartime Reconstruction
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
6) Andrew Johnson was a member of the __________ Party.
a. Whig
b. Democratic
c. Republican
d. Union
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 16.1 What conflicts arose consecutively involving President Lincoln and then
President Johnson and Congress during Reconstruction?
Topic: 16.1.2 Andrew Johnson at the Helm
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
7) Andrew Johnson was __________.
a. the only senator from a Confederate state who remained loyal to the Union
b. admired by wealthy southern planters
c. loved by African Americans
d. temperate and compromising in his political activities
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 16.1 What conflicts arose consecutively involving President Lincoln and then
President Johnson and Congress during Reconstruction?
Topic: 16.1.2 Andrew Johnson at the Helm
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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,8) Andrew Johnson objected to slavery because it __________.
a. was immoral
b. was the privilege of a wealthy minority
c. contradicted the teachings of the Bible
d. was an inefficient labor system
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 16.1 What conflicts arose consecutively involving President Lincoln and then
President Johnson and Congress during Reconstruction?
Topic: 16.1.2 Andrew Johnson at the Helm
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
9) The __________ Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery.
a. Twelfth
b. Thirteenth
c. Fourteenth
d. Fifteenth
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 16.1 What conflicts arose consecutively involving President Lincoln and then
President Johnson and Congress during Reconstruction?
Topic: 16.1.2 Andrew Johnson at the Helm
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
10) Which of the following conditions did Andrew Johnson set for readmission to the Union?
a. Enfranchisement of freed Black people
b. That 70 percent of voters sign a loyalty oath
c. Ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment
d. Payment of a war indemnity
Answer: C
Learning Objective: 16.1 What conflicts arose consecutively involving President Lincoln and then
President Johnson and Congress during Reconstruction?
Topic: 16.1.2 Andrew Johnson at the Helm
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
11) How did southern states respond to Johnson’s Reconstruction plan?
a. They accepted it grudgingly or with qualifications.
b. They embraced it wholeheartedly.
c. They refused to even consider it.
d. They ignored it.
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 16.1 What conflicts arose consecutively involving President Lincoln and then
President Johnson and Congress during Reconstruction?
Topic: 16.1.2 Andrew Johnson at the Helm
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Connections
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, 12) How were the new constitutions created by southern states in 1866 similar?
a. They all protected the civil rights of Black people.
b. They all called for the return of slavery.
c. They all denied southern responsibility for the Civil War.
d. They all limited voting rights to white men.
Answer: D
Learning Objective: 16.1 What conflicts arose consecutively involving President Lincoln and then
President Johnson and Congress during Reconstruction?
Topic: 16.1.2 Andrew Johnson at the Helm
Difficulty Level: Difficult
Skill Level: Analyze It
13) The __________ was a temporary agency set up to help former enslaved people.
a. National Union
b. Department of Education
c. African American Rights Association
d. Freedmen’s Bureau
Answer: D
Learning Objective: 16.1 What conflicts arose consecutively involving President Lincoln and then
President Johnson and Congress during Reconstruction?
Topic: 16.1.3 Congress Takes the Initiative
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
14) The __________ nullified the Black Codes.
a. Wade-Davis Bill
b. Civil Rights Act of 1866
c. First Reconstruction Act
d. Tenure of Office Act
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 16.1 What conflicts arose consecutively involving President Lincoln and then
President Johnson and Congress during Reconstruction?
Topic: 16.1.3 Congress Takes the Initiative
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
15) The National Union movement was created to __________.
a. promote Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction
b. promote the Radical Republican agenda
c. educate freedmen about their rights
d. build schools for Black people in the South
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 16.1 What conflicts arose consecutively involving President Lincoln and then
President Johnson and Congress during Reconstruction?
Topic: 16.1.3 Congress Takes the Initiative
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Connections
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Multiple-Choice Questions
1) Which of the following complicated the challenge of Reconstruction?
a. Most southerners would not accept that they had lost the war.
b. Radical Republicans were unwilling to compromise in any way.
c. The Constitution provided no firm guidelines for Reconstruction.
d. President Johnson was weak and indecisive.
Answer: C
Learning Objective: 16.1 What conflicts arose consecutively involving President Lincoln and then
President Johnson and Congress during Reconstruction?
Topic: 16.1 The President versus Congress
Difficulty Level: Difficult
Skill Level: Analyze It
2) President Lincoln __________.
a. favored harsh treatment of the South after the war
b. did not make the repudiation of slavery a condition for readmittance to the Union
c. never put forth a comprehensive plan for reconstruction
d. hoped to completely remake southern society after the war
Answer: C
Learning Objective: 16.1 What conflicts arose consecutively involving President Lincoln and then
President Johnson and Congress during Reconstruction?
Topic: 16.1.1 Wartime Reconstruction
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
3) By 1864, __________ and Arkansas had established Unionist governments.
a. Louisiana
b. Virginia
c. Tennessee
d. South Carolina
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 16.1 What conflicts arose consecutively involving President Lincoln and then
President Johnson and Congress during Reconstruction?
Topic: 16.1.1 Wartime Reconstruction
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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,4) Lincoln’s wartime steps toward reconstruction were meant to __________.
a. shorten the war
b. punish the South
d. satisfy his Republican critics
c. humiliate southern leaders
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 16.1 What conflicts arose consecutively involving President Lincoln and then
President Johnson and Congress during Reconstruction?
Topic: 16.1.1 Wartime Reconstruction
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Connections
5) The Wade-Davis Bill required __________ percent of voters to take a loyalty oath before a state could
be restored to the Union.
a. 10
b. 25
c. 50
d. 90
Answer: C
Learning Objective: 16.1 What conflicts arose consecutively involving President Lincoln and then
President Johnson and Congress during Reconstruction?
Topic: 16.1.1 Wartime Reconstruction
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
6) Andrew Johnson was a member of the __________ Party.
a. Whig
b. Democratic
c. Republican
d. Union
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 16.1 What conflicts arose consecutively involving President Lincoln and then
President Johnson and Congress during Reconstruction?
Topic: 16.1.2 Andrew Johnson at the Helm
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
7) Andrew Johnson was __________.
a. the only senator from a Confederate state who remained loyal to the Union
b. admired by wealthy southern planters
c. loved by African Americans
d. temperate and compromising in his political activities
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 16.1 What conflicts arose consecutively involving President Lincoln and then
President Johnson and Congress during Reconstruction?
Topic: 16.1.2 Andrew Johnson at the Helm
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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,8) Andrew Johnson objected to slavery because it __________.
a. was immoral
b. was the privilege of a wealthy minority
c. contradicted the teachings of the Bible
d. was an inefficient labor system
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 16.1 What conflicts arose consecutively involving President Lincoln and then
President Johnson and Congress during Reconstruction?
Topic: 16.1.2 Andrew Johnson at the Helm
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
9) The __________ Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery.
a. Twelfth
b. Thirteenth
c. Fourteenth
d. Fifteenth
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 16.1 What conflicts arose consecutively involving President Lincoln and then
President Johnson and Congress during Reconstruction?
Topic: 16.1.2 Andrew Johnson at the Helm
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
10) Which of the following conditions did Andrew Johnson set for readmission to the Union?
a. Enfranchisement of freed Black people
b. That 70 percent of voters sign a loyalty oath
c. Ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment
d. Payment of a war indemnity
Answer: C
Learning Objective: 16.1 What conflicts arose consecutively involving President Lincoln and then
President Johnson and Congress during Reconstruction?
Topic: 16.1.2 Andrew Johnson at the Helm
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
11) How did southern states respond to Johnson’s Reconstruction plan?
a. They accepted it grudgingly or with qualifications.
b. They embraced it wholeheartedly.
c. They refused to even consider it.
d. They ignored it.
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 16.1 What conflicts arose consecutively involving President Lincoln and then
President Johnson and Congress during Reconstruction?
Topic: 16.1.2 Andrew Johnson at the Helm
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Connections
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, 12) How were the new constitutions created by southern states in 1866 similar?
a. They all protected the civil rights of Black people.
b. They all called for the return of slavery.
c. They all denied southern responsibility for the Civil War.
d. They all limited voting rights to white men.
Answer: D
Learning Objective: 16.1 What conflicts arose consecutively involving President Lincoln and then
President Johnson and Congress during Reconstruction?
Topic: 16.1.2 Andrew Johnson at the Helm
Difficulty Level: Difficult
Skill Level: Analyze It
13) The __________ was a temporary agency set up to help former enslaved people.
a. National Union
b. Department of Education
c. African American Rights Association
d. Freedmen’s Bureau
Answer: D
Learning Objective: 16.1 What conflicts arose consecutively involving President Lincoln and then
President Johnson and Congress during Reconstruction?
Topic: 16.1.3 Congress Takes the Initiative
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
14) The __________ nullified the Black Codes.
a. Wade-Davis Bill
b. Civil Rights Act of 1866
c. First Reconstruction Act
d. Tenure of Office Act
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 16.1 What conflicts arose consecutively involving President Lincoln and then
President Johnson and Congress during Reconstruction?
Topic: 16.1.3 Congress Takes the Initiative
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
15) The National Union movement was created to __________.
a. promote Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction
b. promote the Radical Republican agenda
c. educate freedmen about their rights
d. build schools for Black people in the South
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 16.1 What conflicts arose consecutively involving President Lincoln and then
President Johnson and Congress during Reconstruction?
Topic: 16.1.3 Congress Takes the Initiative
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Connections
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