During Reconstruction the South was under Military rule

• True
• False

What amendment abolished slavery?

• 13th
• 14th
• 15th
• 16th

The 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution...

• guarantees African Americans free speech
• Outlawed slavery in the United States
• gave African Americans the right to vote
• rejoined the South and the North

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...

• Gave African Americans the right to own businesses
• Freed the Slaves
• Gave 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 or circle of debt.
•  Many sharecroppers were forced to buy goods on credit. 
•    All choices are true.

Northerners who went south after the Civil War to make large profits from the destruction in the south were called

• Scalawags
• Ku Klux Klan
• Carpetbaggers
• Sharecroppers

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

• Jim Crow Laws
• Black Codes
• Freedman's Bureau
• Reconstruction

These were laws that 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 process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War. 

• Reconstruction
• Freedman's Bureau
• Black Codes
• Jim Crow Laws