After the Civil War, which development limited economic opportunities for African Americans in the South?

use of the sharecropping system

establishment of the Freedmen’s Bureau

ratification of the 14th amendment

Literacy tests, grandfather clauses, and poll taxes were enacted by Southern States to

restrict the voting rights of African Americans

limit the movement of African Americans

improve the social status of African Americans

expand educational opportunities for African Americans

After the Civil War, the purpose of adding the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Constitution was to

guarantee African Americans equal treatment under the law

grant civil and political rights to Native American Indians

allow women to become full citizens

extend constitutional rights to new territories

President Abraham Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction after the Civil War included

reuniting the nation as quickly as possible

restoring the social conditions that existed before the war began

conducting trials for former Confederate leaders

destroying the economic and social power of the Southern planters

A primary reason for the passage of the 14th amendment in 1868 was to

guarantee citizenship rights to the newly freed slaves

prohibit the secession of states

uphold the legality of the Black Codes

continue the presidential plan for Reconstruction

After the Civil War, the sharecropping system emerged in the South primarily as a way to

provide a labor supply to plantation owners

diversify agricultural production

give forty acres of land to freedmen

guarantee economic equality for African Americans

Starting in the 1870s, Jim Crow laws were enacted in Southern states as a means to

provide an education for formerly enslaved persons

protect the voting rights of formerly enslaved persons

ensure equal protection under the law

Which statement describes the attitude of the "Radical Republicans" following the Civil War?

"The Southern states have been conquered and should be punished for their actions."

Let's not be too hard on the South; they've suffered enough.

Let's be fair and balanced in dealing with the South.

We can never trust southerners to run their states fairly ever again.

What agency was created by the United States Congress in 1865 to set up schools and churches, supply food and clothing, and solve employment issues for the former slaves?

There was no agency to help them.

What did the 13th Amendment do?

Gave African American men the right to vote

Sherman's March to the Sea played a vital role in the success of the Union Army because....?

It depleted what little infrastructure the South had left

Gave the Union access to thousands of miles of railroads

Gave Union access to all Southern factories

Demoralized the South and made Southerners understand what "total war" was

Civil War and Reconstruction

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Issues that divided the United States in the 1850's were ____.

War with Mexico

Industrial Revolution

Slavery and States' Rights

Railroads and Ships

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

What act started the Civil War?

Union (U.S.) soldiers would not allow Confederate troops to seize Ft. Sumpter, South Carolina.

U.S. troops fired upon the Texas and Virginia militias at Bull Run, Virginia.

Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis had a fist fight on a street in Washington, D.C.

Because several tribes of Indians attacked Richmond, Virginia.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Why did the Union think the Civil War would not last very long?

The Union had more soldiers.

The Union had more firearms.

The Union had more money.

All of these answers are correct.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When the Civil War ended, who was the main General of Confederate Forces?

Ulysses S. Grant

Robert E. Lee

William T. Sherman

Thomas "Stone Wall" Jackson

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Who assisted freed slaves with education, jobs and housing?

Southern Coalition

Freedmen's Bureau

Hopes Closet

Sister Mary's Mission

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Which of the following is an effect of the Civil War?

the Missouri Compromise

Bleeding Kansas

the Gettysburg Address

Reconstruction

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Black Codes were established in the South immediately after the Civil War in an effort to

integrate freedmen into American society

enforce the Emancipation Proclamation

expand educational opportunities

limit the rights of newly freed African Americans

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