Reconstruction

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

• Gave African American men the right to vote

• Granted citizenship rights

The process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War. 

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

The organization put in place after the Civil War to provide food, clothing, health care and education in the South was known as:

• The Civil Rights Committee
• The Freedmen's Bureau
• The Welfare Committee
• The Salvation Army

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

• 17th,18th,19th

• 13th,14th,15th

• 13th,14th,16th

• 8th,9th,10th

Strict punishment of Confederate veterans and financial assistance to African Americans were policies pushed by which of the following groups during the Reconstruction Era?

• Radical Democrats

• Moderate Republicans

• Radical Republicans

• Moderate Democrats

After the Civil War, southern states adopted Black Codes to —

• punish plantation owners for the use of slavery
• support Radical Reconstruction objectives in the South
• promote the activities of the Freedmen’s Bureau
• limit the impact of the Thirteenth Amendment

Which amendment guaranteed that states could not limit the rights of citizens and could not take away life, liberty, or property without due process?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 16th

What name was given to a farmer who worked land owned by someone else and shared the crop with the landowner?

• Landsharer

• Scalawag

• Carpetbagger

• Sharecropper