Reconstruction Winds Down

Multiple Choice

The 15th Amendment declared that U.S. citizens can't be denied their right to vote based on their race or color.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Despite the ratification of the 15th Amendment, by the late 1870s many African-American men in the South were having their right to vote infringed upon.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

State and local governments in the South enacted the Civil Rights Act of 1866 to get around the 15th Amendment and disenfranchise African-American voters.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Disenfranchisement laws didn't mention race or color, and cold be enforced in a way that African-Americans could be prevented and/or discouraged from voting.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

A poll tax is an example of a disenfranchisement law.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Disenfranchisement laws were passed by Congress in order to ban Black Codes from being enacted in the South.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

During Reconstruction, from the years 1868 to 1876, the number of U.S. troops who were stationed in the Southern states increased.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

After the 14th Amendment was ratified, some in Congress were still concerned that ex-Confederate soldiers were still being prohibited from voting in the South.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

As the 1870s wore on, discrimination against African-Americans in the South decreased, allowing them to vote more easily.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Collectively, the 13th, 14th, & 15th Amendments are known as the "Reconstruction Amendments"

• True

• False