What can be inferred by the passage of the black codes?(1 point)
Responses
Many white Southerners wanted African American to remain as servants.
Many white Southerners wanted African American to remain as servants.
Many white Southerners wanted African Americans to receive an equal education.
Many white Southerners wanted African Americans to receive an equal education.
Southern lawmakers wanted “separate but equal” rights.
Many white Southerners wanted to maintain control and limit the freedoms of African Americans.
Which of the following groups supported Radical Reconstruction? Choose all that apply.(1 point)
Responses
newly freed African Americans
newly freed African Americans
scalawags
scalawags
rich, white landowners
rich, white landowners
businesspeople interested in rebuilding
businesspeople interested in rebuilding
newly freed African Americans
scalawags
businesspeople interested in rebuilding
After the passage of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, why did African Americans continue to experience political oppression?(1 point)
Responses
Southern legislatures enacted Jim Crow laws.
Southern legislatures enacted Jim Crow laws.
Poor communication kept African Americans from learning about their rights.
Poor communication kept African Americans from learning about their rights.
Many African Americans did not trust that the amendments would be upheld.
Southern legislatures enacted Jim Crow laws.
Question
After the passage of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, why did African Americans continue to experience political oppression?(1 point)
Responses
Southern legislatures enacted Jim Crow laws.
Southern legislatures enacted Jim Crow laws.
Poor communication kept African Americans from learning about their rights.
Poor communication kept African Americans from learning about their rights.
Many African Americans did not trust that the amendments would be upheld.
Southern legislatures enacted Jim Crow laws.
Which of the following is a major example of Abraham Lincoln’s policy of leniency toward the defeated South?(1 point)
Responses
President Lincoln’s choice to have a Southerner as his vice president in the 1864 election
President Lincoln’s choice to have a Southerner as his vice president in the 1864 election
President Lincoln’s willingness to have the federal government assume responsibility of the Confederate government’s war debts
President Lincoln’s willingness to have the federal government assume responsibility of the Confederate government’s war debts
President Lincoln’s decision that the southern state governments could reorganize after 10 percent of the voters took a loyalty oath to the Union
President Lincoln’s decision that the southern state governments could reorganize after 10 percent of the voters took a loyalty oath to the Union
Why was President Lincoln unable to persuade Congress to accept his Reconstruction plan?(1 point)
Responses
Congress believed that the Freedmen’s Bureau should be responsible for Reconstruction.
Congress believed that the Freedmen’s Bureau should be responsible for Reconstruction.
President Lincoln was assassinated before he was able to persuade Congress.
President Lincoln was assassinated before he was able to persuade Congress.
Congress believed President Lincoln’s plan was too difficult for the South.
Congress believed President Lincoln’s plan was too difficult for the South.