8.  Why did Congress feel it was important to pass the 14th Amendment although the recently passed Civil Rights Act had the same purpose?Group of answer choicesThe Civil Rights Act did not clearly define rights of all citizens regardless of raceThe Civil Rights Act could be overturned by a future Congress, but an amendment made it a permanent part of the ConstitutionThe Civil Rights Act did not go far enough in eliminating the Black Codes passed by Southern DemocratsPres. Johnson had vetoed the Civil Rights Act in an effort to thwart racial equality

7.  How did the Civil Rights Act passed by the Republican Congress counteract Southern resistance and the oppression of freedmen?Group of answer choicesIt expanded the powers of the Freedmen's Bureau for two more yearsIt abolished slavery in all Southern statesIt declared that all black Americans and persons born in the United States were citizens with full rights of citizenshipIt outlawed Southern terror groups like the Ku Klux KlanNext

Why was the inclusion of the equal protection clause in the Fourteenth Amendment so important for civil rights during Reconstruction?A.African Americans were engaged in a socially disruptive civil rights movement.B.Former Confederate soldiers' rights were strictly limited after the Civil War.C.Southern states were extremely resistant to the idea of racial equality.D.The Bill of Rights did not apply to the federal government without that clause.

What was the purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment?*to reaffirm the rights stated in the original Bill of Rightsto specifically define who would be guaranteed equal treatment under the Constitutionto guarantee all black men would have the right to voteto forge a compromise between the moderate and conservative positions on race

One way that President Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction plan differed from that of the Radical Republicans in Congress was that Johnson opposed A. the Fourteenth Amendment. B. pardoning former citizens of the Confederacy. C. the Thirteenth Amendment. D. returning property of former citizens of the Confederacy.

What did Congress require from each former Confederate state before they were readmitted to the Union?Group of answer choicesabolishment of the Black Codes and suppression of white terror groupsRepublican controlled state legislatures and ratification of the 13th AmendmentState constitutions with male suffrage and ratification of the 14th Amendmentfree public education for black children and voting rights for freedmen