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Chapter 17: Reconstruction and the New South

Self-Check Quizzes

1
One of the leading Radical Republicans was __________.
A)Henry Clay
B)Thaddeus Stevens
C)Andrew Johnson
D)Samuel Tilden
2
The agency that supplied food, education, transportation, and medical services to African Americans was the __________.
A)Society of Free Men
B)Fisk Society
C)Freedmen's Bureau
D)Agency of Freedom
3
John Wilkes Booth __________.
A)assassinated Abraham Lincoln
B)founded Howard University
C)impeached Andrew Johnson
D)fought for the Union
4
The __________ Amendment abolished slavery.
A)Thirteenth
B)Fourteenth
C)Fifteenth
D)Sixteenth
5
The __________ Amendment granted full citizenship to all individuals born in the United States.
A)Thirteenth
B)Fourteenth
C)Fifteenth
D)Sixteenth
6
The __________ Amendment prohibited state and federal governments from denying the right to vote to any male citizen because of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
A)Thirteenth
B)Fourteenth
C)Fifteenth
D)Sixteenth
7
The first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate was __________.
A)Thaddeus Stevens
B)Blanche K. Bruce
C)Frederick Douglass
D)Hiram Revels
8
Many Southern states required a _____, a fee a person must pay to vote.
A)literacy test
B)poll tax
C)grandfather clause
D)black code
9
President __________ declared the end of Reconstruction.
A)Grant
B)Hayes
C)Tilden
D)Cleveland
10
The Supreme Court case that established the doctrine of "separate but equal" was __________.
A)Marbury v. Madison
B)Dred v. Sandford
C)Brown v. Topeka Board of Education
D)Plessy v. Ferguson
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