Reconstruction

This amendment abolished slavery

• 13th
• 14th
• 15th
• 16th

The 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution...

• Gave African-Americans citizenship
• Gave African-Americans the right to vote
• Freed the slaves
• Gave landowners the right to sharecrop

The 15th Amendment of the United States Constitution...

• Guaranteed African-Americans the right to own businesses

• Freed the enslaved people

• Guaranteed African-Americans the right to vote

• Forced African-Americans back into slavery

What problem did many farmers have under the sharecropping system?        

• They were forced to grow cash crops instead of food
• They often were trapped in a cycle of debt
• Many sharecroppers were forced to buy goods on credit
• All choices are true

Laws passed by Southern states soon after the Compromise of 1877. These laws legalized segregation of whites and blacks and forced the use of separate facilities.

• Jim Crow Laws

• Black Codes

• Freedman's Bureau

• Reconstruction

These were laws passed SOON AFTER the Civil War, that severely restricted the rights of freedmen. These laws made it illegal for African Americans to live or work in certain areas and allowed whites to arrest African Americans who were not working. Once arrested they would be forced to work for white landowners.

• Freedman's Bureau

• Reconstruction

• Black Codes

• Jim Crow Laws

The organization put in place after the Civil War to provide food, clothing, health care and education in the South was known as:

• The Civil Rights Committee
• The Freedmen's Bureau
• The Welfare Committee
• The Salvation Army

Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction was known as:

• Wade-Davis Bill
• 14th Amendment
• Ten Percent Plan
• Radical Republican Reunification

After an electoral dispute, it was agreed that Rutherford B. Hayes would become President if he ended Reconstruction.  This is often referred to as:

• Radical Election
• Compromise of 1877
• The Corrupt Bargain
• Illegal compromise

"No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges . . . of citizens . . . nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law . . ."
The excerpt above is taken from the --

• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment
• 19th Amendment