Reconstruction Quiz

The period following the Civil War is known as 

• Reconstruction 
• Rebuilding 
• Regrowing 
• Reconecting 

The 13th Amendment.....

• Gave African Americans the right to vote 
• Granted citizenship 
• Ended slavery 
• gave equal protection under the law

The Freedmen's Bureau was made to 

• send whites to jail 
• Help former slaves and provided them with necessities 
• gave voting rights 
• none of these answers are correct 

Discrimination means 

• To treat everyone equal 
• to not care 
• I don't know 
• the unfair treatment of people 

The 14h Amendment 

• Granted citizenship 
• Granted equal protection of the law
• both A and B 
• None of these answers are correct

Carpetbaggers were 

• Northerns who took advantage of the South by buying cheap land & opened businesses 
• People who put carpets in bags 
• Northerns who moved south and loved it 
• People from the North who supported slavery

The 15th Amendment 

• Gave voting rights to all 
• Gave voting rights to women 
• Gave voting rights to white southerns 
• Gave voting rights to African American males 

Black Codes 

• a code language African Americans used  
• laws that told people what they could wear 
• Were laws that restricted African American rights 
• Curfew laws for African Americans 

True or False: Southern Military Officers could not hold office during the Reconstruction Period 

• True 
• False 

True or False: During Reconstruction African Americans had some rights 

• True 
• False