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Name: __________________________ Date: _____________ 1.|Congressmen who favored vigorous Reconstruction measures held that| A)|although particular southerners had erred, the Union itself had endured through the Civil War.| B)|the Reconstruction process outlined in the Constitution should be closely followed.| C)|the president had sole responsibility for Reconstruction.| D)|the Confederate states, by seceding and making war against the United States, lost their status as states and should now be treated as conquered territories.| 2.|The First Reconstruction Act| A)|recognized the legitimacy of existing southern state governments.| B)|extended federal support for the education of freedmen in the South.| C)|guaranteed†¦show more content†¦egion.| D)|advocated the confiscation and redistribution of land.| 11.|After the Civil War, most African American farmers eventually worked| A)|as sharecroppers.| B)|as domestic servants under a system of assigned tasks.| C)|as field hands under a contract for wages.| D)|on land they rented.| 12.|Which of the following is true of northerners who settled in the South immediately after the Civil War?| A)|They constituted the largest group holding political office in the South during Reconstruction.| B)|For the most part they were greedy, scheming politicians who came to loot the South in its most desperate hour.| C)|Most came because they were seeking business opportunities or a warmer climate.| D)|Knowing that industrialization of the South was impractical, they were primarily interested in bringing mechanized agribusiness to the region.| 13.|In decisions after the Civil War, the Supreme Court| A)|upheld the efforts of the Radicals to punish the South.| B)|led the drive to guarantee full equality for the former slaves.| C)|repeatedly overruled actions taken by Union generals during the military occupation of the South.| D)|participated in the northern retreat from the Reconstruction commitment to equality for the freedmen.| 14.|The section of the Fourteenth Amendment that had the greatest legal significance in subsequent years was the section that| A)|guaranteed the war debt of the United States.| B)|conferred citizenship on freedmen and