Reconstruction Test Review

What was the 13th Amendment?

• Slavery is not allowed

• If you are born in the US, you are a citizen

• All men can vote

• Bans the black codes

What was the 14th Amendment?

• Slavery is not allowed

• If you are born in the US, you are a citizen

• All men can vote

• Bans the black codes

What was the 15th Amendment?

• Slavery is not allowed

• If you are born in the US, you are a citizen

• All men can vote

• Bans the black codes

What was the Civil Rights Act of 1866?

• Slavery is not allowed

• If you are born in the US, you are a citizen

• All men can vote

• Bans the black codes

What is Reconstruction?

• The time of rebuilding after the Civil War

• The time of rebuilding after World War I

• The time before the Civil War destroyed things

• The time during the Civil War

When Reconstruction ENDED, what happened to the rights African Americans gained during Reconstruction?

• They were taken away by Jim Crow Laws

• They were made better by passing new amendments

• Everyone had equal rights

• Segregation was not allowed

What is a carpetbagger?

• Someone from the North who moves South to take advantage of opportunities

• Someone from the South who moves North the take advantage of opportunities

• An African American who moves North for freedom

• A white person who moves North to gain political power

Which of the following is NOT a change that happened in the South during Reconstruction?

• Soldiers supervised the South

• Confederate military leaders could not hold office

• Freedmen's Bureau provided food, clothing and education to freedmen

• Lincoln punished the South by taking away their weapons

True or False: DURING Reconstruction, African Americans were elected to public office (Senator, Mayor, etc.)

• True

• False

What were the Black Codes?

• It took away the rights of African Americans by controlling their daily lives

• It made all people equal, regardless of race

• It made African Americans pay to vote

• It gave all men the right to vote