Reconstruction

Which three Amendments where designed to ensure equality for the slaves?

• 17th,18th,19th
• 13th,14th,15th
• 13th,14th,16th
• 8th,9th,10th

In 1866, a group formed in the South to fight against the rising influence of African Americans in the South. Members of this group often turned to violence and intimidation, What was the name of this controversial group?

• Sons of the Confederacy
• Neo-Nazis
• Ku Klux Klan
• Black Separatists

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 forcibly assigned to work for white landowners. 

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

Reconstruction was the process of

• rebuilding the South after the Civil War (mental & physical)

• creating land zones for freedmen after the Civil War

• instituting Black Codes for former slaves

• eliminating the plantation economy in the South

Many southern states passed laws after the Compromise of 1877. The laws that legalized the segregation of whites and blacks were called

• Jim Crow Laws

• Black Codes

• Freedman's Bureau

• Reconstruction

Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction was known as:

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

What was the main goal of reconstruction?

• to help the economy in the North

• to help the southern farmers find work

• to reunite slaves with their families

• to reunite the North with the South

Why were the 13th, 14th,and 15th amendments added to the Constitution after the Civil War?

• The amendments established a set of rules for the government

• The amendments worked together to guarantee equal rights for African Americans

• The amend,ents worked together to guarantee equal rights for White Americans

• The amendments guaranteed jobs for African Americans

What is depicted in the photo below?

• The Gettysburg Address

• Jim Crow Laws

• The Freedman's Bureau

• The Civil War

How did Jim Crow Laws restrict the new freedoms of African Americans?

• The laws legalized slavery again but only in the south

• The laws legalized discrimination through a policy called segregation

• The laws required all African Americans to register for citizenship

• The laws required all African Americans to become sharecroppers