Reconstruction and Jim Crow Laws

Jim Crow laws were mainly directed at this group 

• Latinos
• African-Americans 
• Native Americans
• Asians

What best describes Jim Crow laws?

• better opportunities for women
• African Americans gaining full civil and political rights
• discrimination laws focused on Native Americans
• unequal opportunities for African Americans in housing, jobs, and education

The 14th amendment to the Constitution was the second of the "Reconstruction Amendments." What was the purpose of this amendment?

• to give African Americans the right to vote
• to give all American citizens equal protection under the law
• to abolish slavery
• 
  to officially terminate the government of the Confederate States of America

The 13th amendment to the Constitution was the first of the "Reconstruction Amendments," What was the purpose of this amendment?

• to give women the right to vote
• to allow the Confederate States to re-enter the Union
• to give African Americans the right to vote
• to abolish slavery

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

Jim Crow laws included

• literacy tests, poll taxes and a grandfather clause
• grandfather clause, physical exam, court cases
• english requirements, photo id, citizenship
• all blacks in voting, women could vote, food tax

The Freedman's Bureau assisted blacks and 

• paid taxes for sharecroppers
• helped poor whites
• closed down schools
• voted for Pres. Lincoln

What agency was created by the United States Congress in 1865 to set up schools and churches, supply food and clothing, and solve employment issues for the former slaves?

• the American Missionary Association
• the Freedmen's Bureau
• the Ku Klux Klan
• the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - NAACP

The Freedmen's Bureau is MOST associated with which time period?

• Antebellum Era
• The Civil War
• Industrial Era
• Reconstruction

What was the MAIN purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?

• to establish Black Codes to limit freed slaves' rights
• to serve as a voice for freed slaves in Congress
• to battle terrorist groups like the Ku Klux Klan
• to help slaves adjust to their newfound freedom