Reconstruction Era

What is Reconstruction?

• A federal agency set up to help former slaves after the Civil War.
• The period of rebuilding that followed the Civil War, during which the defeated Confederate States were readmitted to the Union.
• A bill, passed in 1864 and vetoed by President Lincoln, that would have given Congress control of Reconstruction.
• An amendment to the U.S. Constitution, adopted in 1865, that has abolished slavery and involuntary servitude.

How did Abraham Lincoln Die?

• He passed away from an unknown disease.
• He died in his sleep
• He was shot while riding his horse
• John Wilkes Booth shot him 

Who takes over as President after Abraham Lincoln dies?

• Andrew Johnson
• John Wilkes Booth
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Barack Obama

What are Jim Crow Laws?

• A federal agency set up to help former slaves after the Civil War
• An amendment to the U.S. Constitution, that abolished slavery and involuntary servitude
• Laws enacted by Southern State and local governments to separate white and black people in public and private facilities.
• The discriminatory laws passed throughout post-Civil-War South that severely restricted African Americans' lives, prohibiting activities such as traveling without permits, serving on juries, etc. 

What group of people did the Black Codes prohibit activities such as traveling without permits, carrying weapons, serving on juries, testifying against whites, and marrying whites?

• African-Americans
• Asian
• Whites
• Spanish

Which amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude?

• Fifth
• Thirteenth
• Fifteenth
• Ninth

Which amendment made all people born in the U.S. including former slaves, citizens of the country and guaranteed equal protection of the laws?

• First
• Fifteenth
• Fourteenth
• Thirteenth

Which amendment prohibited the denial of voting rights to people because of their race or color or because they have previously been slaves?

• Second
• Fourteenth
• Third
• Fifteenth

Which of the following is a primary source?

• Diary
• Textbook
• Reference Book
• Encyclopedia

Who benefited most from the system of sharecropping that developed in the South? 

• The landowners
• The workers
• The landowners and workers
• No one benefited