Louisiana History Test Review

1. Louisiana HistoryTest Review Reconstruction ERA

2. Those who were former slaves were known as emancipated citizens Freedmen Drivers overseers

3. The steps taken to restore the southern states to the Union became known as Secession Conscription Emancipation reconstruction

4. In Lincoln’s view, secession was Constitutional Unconstitutional A state’s right Acceptable if the state’s citizens approved

5. The man who assumed the presidency upon Lincoln’s death was Ulysses S. Grant Andrew Jackson Andrew Johnson Rutherford B. Hayes

6. One who holds extremist views or wants drastic changes is known as a Conservative Radical Liberal Conservationist

7. During the presidential plan for Reconstruction, Louisiana legislators elected as their doorkeeper a Confederate veteran who Had lost both legs in battle Carried the American Flag Wore his Confederate Uniform Was supported by the Radical Republicans

8. The laws that restricted the freedmen’s movement and conduct were referred to as the Emancipation Proclamation Writ of habeas corpus Black Code Slave Code

9. The judicial procedures set up to protect the right of individuals are known as Due process Conscription Suffrage Discrimination

10. Selected as the commander of District 5 during military Reconstruction was General William Sherman General Ulysses Grant General Phillip Sheridan General Benjamin Butler

11. The 1868 Louisiana constitution extended suffrage to All black males over age 21 Black males owning property Women over age 21 All former Confederate soldiers

12. Northerners who moved into the state after the war were called Freedmen Sealawags Carpetbaggers Freedom riders

13. Deliberate deception for unfair or unlawful gain is known as Embezzlement Fraud Suffrage Polling

14. The absence of government or a state of lawlessness is known as Civil law Criminal law Anarchy Delinquency

15. The system in which a planter provided the land, tools, a cabin, and a share of the profits in return for a farmer providing the labor to raise a crop was called Sharecropping Farm supplement Crop lien system Profit sharing

16. The University of New Orleans and Straight University merged to become Louisiana State University McNeese State University Tulane University Dillard Univeristy

17. Although African Americans formed many new churches, the most common denomination was Catholic Methodist Presbyterian Baptist