Reconstruction Review

The 13th amendment to the Constitution was the first of the "Reconstruction Amendments," What was the purpose of this amendment?

• to give women the right to vote
• to allow the Confederate States to re-enter the Union
• to give African Americans the right to vote
• to abolish slavery

The 15th amendment to the Constitution was the last of the "Reconstruction Amendments," and it was ratified in 1870.  What was the purpose of this amendment?

• to give African Americans the right to vote
• to establish a federal income tax
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  to give women the right to vote
• to officially end the "Reconstruction Era"

The Reconstruction Era officially ended when:

• Ulysses S. Grant was elected as President.
• Federal troops withdrew from the south.
• Democrats gained control of Congress.
• the "Red Shirt" campaign for governor began.

The 14th amendment to the Constitution was the second of the "Reconstruction Amendments." What was the purpose of this amendment?

• to give African Americans the right to vote
• to give all American citizens equal protection under the law
• to abolish slavery
• to officially terminate the government of the Confederate States of America

One of the most heavily debated programs of Reconstruction was the Freedman's Bureau.  While it had mixed results, the primary goal of this program was to:  

• prevent the African American population from voting in federal elections.
• establish the "sharecropping" system to make sure that white farmers continued to employ African Americans.
• provide newly freed slaves with food, shelter, work, and education.
• to enforce "Black Codes," or laws that treated African Americans as second-class citizens

Which of the following describes Abraham Lincoln's "10 percent" plan?

• A Confederate state could re-enter the Union whenever it repaid 10 percent of the damages that were suffered in the state during the Civil War
• A Confederate state could re-enter the Union 10 percent of the states already included in the United States agreed that it could enter.
• A Confederate state could re-enter the Union only if it agreed that it would be given 10 percent less representation in the federal government than it had prior to the Civil War
• A Confederate state could re-enter the Union whenever 10 percent of its voters took a vow of allegiance to the United States

The most immediate and important outcome of the Civil War was that:

• the South gained its independence.
• slavery was ended in the United States.
• tensions between different areas of the nation finally ended.
• the South was able to become an industrial center for the entire nation.

The term "scalawag" refers to a small and useless animal.  What types of people were described as "scalawags" during the Reconstruction Era?

• Northern citizens who moved south to take advantage of the disorder and destruction
• Southern Republicans who were sympathetic to the Northern politicians in the South.
• Newly freed slaves who were competing for jobs with the poor, white population.
• Veterans of the Civil War who refused to return to civilian life in the South.

In 1866, a group formed in the South to fight against the rising influence of African Americans in the South. Members of this group often turned to violence and intimidation, What was the name of this controversial group?

• Sons of the Confederacy
• Neo-Nazis
• Ku Klux Klan
• Black Separatists

Which of the following statements is true about the overall wealth in the South following the Civil War.

• Wealth increased greatly.
• Wealth was redistributed to the freed slaves.
• Wealth declined greatly.
• Wealth remained the same