Reconstruction

During Reconstruction the South was under Military rule

• True
• False

What 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...

• Gave African Americans the right to own businesses

• Freed the Slaves

• Said male citizens over 21 years of age could not be denied the vote based on their race, color, or previous condition of servitude

• Forced African Americans back into slavery

Which of the following was not a goal of Reconstruction?

• Reunite the North and the South
• Rebuild the South
• Develop the system of sharecropping
• Determine what to do with African Americans

Which of the following was not a part of the Freedman's Bureau?

• Helped reconnecting slaves with their families
• Helped create African American Colleges
• Helped feed slaves
• Forced African Americans to become sharecroppers

What group in Congress felt that Lincoln's plan was too lenient?

• Deciduous Democrats
• Radical Republicans
• Wistful Whigs
• Fancy Federalists

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.

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