Reconstruction

Why were Black Codes made?

• To give African Americans the right to vote
• To keep white supremacy in place
• Made it illegal for whites and blacks to use the same facilities
• Jim Crow laws Pt. 2

The 13th Amendment deals mostly with what topic?

• Abolishing Slavery
• Registering Voters
• Electing Vice Presidents
• Local Elections

The 14th Amendment was a result of which prior case that said blacks were NOT citizens of the United States?

• Scott Dred
• Dred Scott
• Scott Johnson
• Johnson Scott

The basis of the 14th amendment was to give all U.S. citizens what?

• equal protection under the law
• due process
• equality
• all of the above

Which amendments are known as the "reconstruction amendments"?

• 13th/14th
• 13th/14th/15th
• 13th/15th
• Bill of Rights

What did the 15th Amendment do?

• People cannot be denied to vote based on race.
• It abolished slavery.
• Granted citizenship to former slaves.

What did the 15th Amendment protect?

• the right of all men to vote regardless of race/color

• freedom of speech

• the right of all people to vote regardless of gender

• the right to let all people vote for the next American Idol

What did the freedmen (former slave) provide in sharecropping?

• Nothing
• Seed and Tools
• Labor
• Just the Land

Which of the following was NOT a problem with sharecropping?

• The endless cycle of debt
• former slaves were tied to the land
• It was a lot like slavery
• Freedmen made a lot of $$

What is the name for northerners who moved to the South to work as teachers, missionaries, and entrepreneurs? 

• Scalawags
• Carpetbaggers
• Freedmen
• Sharecroppers