The Reconstruction Era

Front

Which amendment to the Constitution ended the institution of slavery?

Back

13th Amendment

Front

Which amendment overturned Dred Scott vs. Sanford? Options: 12th Amendment, 13th Amendment, 14th Amendment, 15th Amendment

Back

14th Amendment

Answer explanation

Remember... the Supreme Court ruled during Dred Scott vs. Sanford, that people of African ancestry were not U.S. Citizens.

Front

Which amendment gave all MALES the right to vote (regardless of race)?

Back

15th Amendment

Answer explanation

The right to vote has to come after the abolition of slavery and the guarantee of citizenship.

Front

What organization was established to provide education and job training to African Americans after the Civil War?

Back

Freedmen's Bureau

Front

Poll taxes, literacy tests, and the Grandfather clause were all violations of which amendment?

Back

15th Amendment

Answer explanation

The 15th Amendment gave African American males the right to vote. Poll taxes required people to pay to vote. Literacy Tests required people to be able to read/write to vote. The Grandfather Clause said if your grandfather was a slave, then you couldn't vote.

Front

What is a scalawag?

Back

A Southern Republican

Answer explanation

Seen as a traitor by other southerners

Front

What is a carpetbagger?

Back

A Northern Republican who moved to the South

Answer explanation

Seen as opportunists by southerners

Front

What law offered free land to freedmen who would farm it?

Back

Homestead Act

Front

What Reconstruction Plan allowed southern states to reenter the Union if 10% of their state swore allegiance to the United States? Options: Lincoln's Plan, Presidential Reconstruction, Radical Republican Reconstruction, Compromise of 1877

Back

Lincoln's Plan

Front

What Reconstruction Plan divided the south into five military districts?

Back

Radical Republican Reconstruction