Reconstruction

Front

Black codes, including vagrancy laws, had which of the following effects?

• Criminalized black leisure
• Limited black mobility
• Locked many into exploitative farming contracts

Back

All of the above

Front

How did the Fourteenth Amendment change American governance?

Back

Asserted the federal government’s power to enforce the Bill of Rights over the authority of the states

Front

Which goal of freedpeople was the least successful? Options: Reuniting families, Attending schools, Gaining access to land, Establishing independent churches

Back

Gaining access to land

Front

What was the most common labor pattern in postbellum cotton agriculture?

Back

Sharecropping

Front

The Compromise of 1877 did which of the following?

Back

Promised the removal of federal troops from the South

Front

What was the primary purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?

Back

To provide food, housing, and medical aid to former slaves

Front

Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?

Back

Thirteenth Amendment

Front

What was the main goal of the Radical Republicans during Reconstruction?

Back

To secure equal rights for African Americans

Front

What is the significance of the Compromise of 1877?

Back

It marked the end of Reconstruction in the United States.

Front

How was sharecropping similar to the old plantation system?

Back

Sharecropping perpetuated economic dependency and exploitation similar to the plantation system.