Question

5. What was the name given to the period of time in which the United States struggled with how to rebuildthe South and bring it back into the union?

A. The Rebuilding
B. Southern Rising
C. Confederate Reconciliation
D. The Reconstruction

6. Andrew Johnson was impeached by Congress when he
A. tried to fire his Secretary of War in violation of the Tenure of Office Act.
B. was caught accepting bribes.
C. decided to allow all Confederate states back into the union.
D. pushed for stricter standards before allowing southem states back into the union.

7. What method did the Union use to stop most of the South's cotton trade?
A. Poisoning of cotton plants
B. A road blockade stopping cotton caravans to Mexico
C. The production of its own cotton to put the South out of business
D. A large naval blockade

Answer 1

5. D. The Reconstruction

After the Civil war, many Southern states were devastated. Former members of the Confederacy were recovering from the war as the oppression of freed slaves continued through passing bills that restricted opportunities for blacks.

6. A. tried to fire his Secretary of War in violation of the Tenure of Office Act

7. D. A large naval blockade
A strategy proclaimed by former President Abraham Lincoln to cut off trading by the Confederacy.