Reconstruction

Which Amendment prohibits slavery?

• 15th
• 14th
• 13th
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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

During Reconstruction, most former Confederate states

• were placed under military rule for a time
• were readmitted into the Union, but only after promising to end slavery within 10 years
• given full representation in Congress without issue
• supported the immediate end of slavery throughout the U.S.

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

• Helped reconnecting slaves with their families
• Helped provide African Americans with education
• Helped provide food for former slaves
• Helped create new Black Codes for freedmen

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
• creating land zones for freedmen after the Civil War
• instituting Black Codes for former slaves
• eliminating the plantation economy in the South

Northerners who migrated to the mostly destroyed post-war south to make large profits and/or help freedmen were known as

• Scalawags
• Ku Klux Klan
• Carpetbaggers
• Sharecroppers

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

Overall, Reconstruction

• established constitutional amendments that wouldn't be fully enforced for decades
• was a complete success
• was a complete failure
• was fully embraced by the South

Farmers who pay rent with a share of their crop

• carpetbagger

• sharecropper