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4.04.03-05
Sandy Nguyen
Hughes
Assessments 4.04.03-05
January 9, 2006
1. 4.04.03 This amendment stated that the right to vote would not be denied because of "race, color or previous condition of servitude"
c. 15th
2. This amendment abolished slavery, making slavery illegal in the U.S.
a. 13th
3. This amendment made all newly freed slaves citizens of the United States
b. 14th
4. Which group was NOT given the right to vote by either amendments 13, 14, and 15?
e. c and d
5. Which of the following was not a service promised by the Freedman's Bureau?
e. $1000 to each slave
6. How long was the Freedman's Bureau supposed to last, according to the law that created it?
b. 1 year
7. How did Southerners respond to the Freedman's Bureau?
c. resented it
8. What land was promised by the Bureau to newly freed blacks?
a. abandoned land
9. What was the purpose of the Renewed Freedman's Bureau Act and the Civil Rights Acts of 1866?
b. to ensure African -American equality
10. What happened to the 1866 Renewed Freedman's Bureau Act?
a. vetoed by President; Republicans overrode veto
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4.04.04 1. Blacks could not own property. FALSE
2. By the second Monday of January 1866 all freedman, free Negroes and mulattos must have a lawful home or employment. TRUE
3. Intermarriage between blacks and whites was not permitted. TRUE
4. Any freedman, free Negro or mulatto who is orphaned will be sent to live in the state penitentiary. FALSE
5. The original Ku Klux Klan was organized on December 24, 1965. FALSE
6. The Ku Klux Klan began as a prankish social organization but soon began targeting Reconstruction governments. TRUE
7. The membership in 1965 was 40,000. TRUE
8. The membership in the 1980's was 50,000. FALSE?
9. The Congressional Committee investigating Klan violence was the audience for this testimony. TRUE
10. Wallace Fowler was a "pretty strong Radical" who was unable to vote in the last election. FALSE
4.04.05 1. Frederick Douglass, in his speech regarding "What The Black Man Wants" addresses the Massachusetts Antislavery Society.
a. True
2. Amendment 14 abolished slavery in the United States of America.
b. False
3. Amendment 15 gave black people the right to vote.
a. True
4. The Freedmen's Bureau Bill was passed to help newly freed blacks acquire provisions, clothing, fuel and temporary shelter.
a. True
5. After starting as a prankish social group, the Ku Klux Klan's original goals were to destroy Reconstruction governments in the South.
a. True
6. Newly freed blacks were promised "forty acres and a mule" from their former plantation owners.
b. False
Part II: Policy of Reconstruction
Reconstruction
7. The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments altered the nature of African-American rights.
a. True
8. Andrew Johnson, Lincoln's successor, proposed a very strict policy toward the South after the Civil War ended.
b. False
9. Radical Republicans divided the South into five military districts after the war.
a. True
10. The Radical Republicans wanted Andrew Johnson impeached and were successful at removing him from office.
b. False
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