Reconstruction

The period after the Civil War when the South rejoined the Union was known as:

• The Renaissance
• The New South Age
• Reconstruction
• The Age of Union

The purpose of Reconstruction was to:

• destroy the South
• rebuild and unite the country
• send former slaves back to Africa
• settle the West

After President Lincoln was assassinated, the Vice President became President. The new President was

• Andrew Johnson
• Ulysses Grant
• George Bush
• John Wilkes Booth

The Constitutional Amendment that recognized African Americans as citizens and gave them equal protection under the law was the

• Bill of Rights

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

How was the President’s Reconstruction Plan different from Congress’ Plan?

• The President's plan tried to make it easier for the South to rejoin the Union
• Congress' plan tried to make it easier for the South to rejoin the Union
• President's plan did not want the south to rejoin the Union
• Congress' plan wanted all Southerners to be sent to Mexico

Which of these was NOT used to try to stop African Americans from voting?

• A reading test
• the "Grandfather Clause"
• The Ku Klux Klan
• The Freedmen's Bureau

The secret organization that tried to stop African Americans from voting was

• Freedmen's Bureau
• Reconstruction Bureau
• Ku Klux Klan
• Jim Crow Society

The amendment that gave African American men the right to vote was the

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 16th

The 13th Amendment was passed in December 1865. This amendment said:

• Slavery was unconstitutional
• Former slaves had the right to vote
• Women had the right to vote
• Former Confederate leaders could not hold office

Sharecropping often kept African American farmers poor because

• The farmers owed more money than they made each year
• the landowners would not sell them land
• only those who voted could own land
• Most African Americans did not want to work anymore