Reconstruction Review #2

What does "Reconstruction" mean?

• time period after a war; to rebuild
• myth that all southerners owned plantations
• a person who build things
• the name of a Southern soldier

What was it that the Freed slaves were provided with when the 13th amendment was passed?

• food, clothing,education
• food,clothing, shelter
• clothing, shelter

Who was the President after Abraham Lincoln?

• Andrew Jackson
• Benjamin Franklin
• Andrew Johnson

What did the Black Codes do for the Freed Slaves?

• Gave them more freedoms
• Gave them a secret language
• Restricted blacks freedoms

Andrew Johnson was a southern white man that didn't agree with the freedom of the Slaves.

• True
• False

Which of the following best completes this list?

• Established schools

• Certified applications for political office

• Granted small-business loans

• Provided funds for farming supplies

What was one long-term consequence of the sharecropping system?

• Agricultural workers organized labor unions

• Many former slaves became trapped in a cycle of debt

• Many agricultural workers moved to cities to start small businesses

• Landowners sold property to pay wages to former slaves

The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution affected the lives of millions of African Americans by-

• Providing them with voting rights

• Guaranteeing their freedom of speech

• Providing them with access to the court system

• Guaranteeing their permanent freedom from slavery

Which Reconstruction era organization worked to improve conditions for newly freed African American slaves? 

• Freedmen's Bureau
• The Redeemers
• Ku Klux Klan
• Jim Crow laws

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