Reconstruction

What amendment abolished slavery?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 16th

The 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution...

• Gave African Americans citizenship

• Gave African Americans the right to vote

• Freed the slaves

• Gave landowners the right to sharecrop

The 15th Amendment of the United States Constitution...

• Gave African Americans the right to own businesses

• Freed the Slaves

• Gave African Americans the right to vote

• Forced African Americans back into slavery

Which of the following was not a part of the Freedman's Bureau?

• Helped reconnecting slaves with their families

• Helped create African American schools

• Helped feed slaves

• Forced African Americans to become sharecroppers

What group in Congress felt that Lincoln's plan was too lenient?

• Deciduous Democrats

• Radical Republicans

• Wistful Whigs

• Fancy Federalists

Northerners who went south after the Civil War to make large profits from the destruction in the south were called

• Scalawags

• Ku Klux Klan

• Carpetbaggers

• Sharecroppers

The process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War. 

• Reconstruction

• Freedman's Bureau

• Black Codes

• Jim Crow Laws

The organization put in place after the Civil War to provide food, clothing, health care and education in the South was known as:

• The Civil Rights Committee

• The Freedmen's Bureau

• The Welfare Committee

• The Salvation Army

All of the following resulted from the end of Reconstruction EXCEPT:

• Ku Klux Klan is founded

• Jim Crow laws were passed to segregate blacks from whites and place other limits on their rights. 

• Sharecropping becomes the dominant economy in the South

• Blacks continued to enjoy increased freedoms and equality

Which three Amendments where designed to ensure equality for the slaves?

• 17th,18th,19th

• 13th,14th,15th

• 13th,14th,16th

• 8th,9th,10th