Reconstruction

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

Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?

• Nathan Bedford Forrest
• John Wilkes Booth
• Henry Clay
• John Breckinridge

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.

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

Which of the following definitions apply to “impeach”?       

• To remove an official from office
• To charge an official with a crime.
• To arrest an official for crimes. 
• To put an official on trial for “mis-behavior in the White House”