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Chapter 23
16. Which of these was a lasting effect of the Freedmens Bureau?
A. job security
B. land distribution
C. free medical care
D. educational opportunity
17. Which describes Abraham Lincolns approach to the South at the end of the Civil War?
A. The South should be punished for its part in the war.
B. The South should be treated with kindness and justice.
C. The South should ratify the Fourteenth Amendment.
D. The South should pay for property damage caused by the war.
18. What was the purpose of the black codes?
A. to control former slaves
B. to provide fair wages for freedmen
C. to reconstruct the plantation system
D. to teach language skills to freedmen
19. Why was the Thirteenth Amendment passed?
A. to abolish slavery
B. to provide citizenship to former slaves
C. to allow freedmen to run for office
D. to legislate fair treatment of all citizens
20. What does the Fourteenth Amendment guarantee to citizens?
A. the right to vote
B. the right to medical care
C. equal protection of the law
D. separate but equal public facilities
21. During Congressional Reconstruction, which group held political power in the South?
A. wealthy, white landowners
B. former Confederate leaders
C. members of the Ku Klux Klan
D. people who had been loyal to the United States
22. What was the purpose of the Fifteenth Amendment?
A. to give all citizens the right to vote
B. to provide education for all citizens
C. to raise taxes to repair damage to the South
D. to protect the voting rights of African American men