Reconstruction

Which Reconstruction Amendment below "prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on race, color or previous condition of servitude?'

• 8th

• 14th

• 13th

• 15th

How did the Freedmen's Bureau most assist in the reconstruction of the South?

• By dividing large plantations and redistributing the property to former slaves

• By creating a militia to help enforce the voting rights of former slaves

• By offering legal assistance and public schooling to former slaves

• By petitioning the government to offer money to former slaves

After the Civil War, the Freedmen's Bureau was put in place for former slaves remaining in the southern states, but instead those states decided to use the "Black Codes." The "Black Codes" upset Radical Republicans because they-

• restricted efforts by all employers on hiring former slaves for employment in any southern area

• changed the issues involving former slaves getting jobs

• continued to restrict former slaves in the southern states from being involved in politics, travel, or in the justice system

• dedicated all efforts to only carpetbaggers in the southern areas

Which of the following historical eras complete the arrow chart above?

• Era of Good Feelings

• Reconstruction

• American Colonization

• Pre-Civil War

Which of the following problems during Reconstruction negatively impacted African Americans living in the South?

• Passage of the Reconstruction Acts of 1867

• Carpetbaggers migrating to the South

• System of sharecropping

• Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

Which sequence is the correct order of events chronologically?

• III, II, I, IV

• IV, III, II, I

• III, IV, II, I

• III, II, IV, I

Which of the following is a reason the Jim Crow laws were established?

• To create segregation

• To end Recontruction

• To establish equality

• To force Southern States to comply with Reconstruction

One effect of the Dawes Act was that it-

• caused many American Indian tribes to create written constitutions

• provided education to American Indians through locally run schools

• limited the voting rights of American Indians

• harmed the communal structure of American Indian society

Which of the following best describes an effect of the Morrill Act?

• It provided strict citizenship requirements for immigrants

• It set aside lands in the northwest for Native Americans

• It provided land grants for agricultural education

• It improved working conditions for factory laborers

The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was adopted in 1865. This amendment brought the United States closer to its goal of safeguarding the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness by--

• pardoning Confederate soldiers

• giving women the right to vote

• outlawing the institution of slavery

• eliminating immigration quotas