US History 1, Unit 12 Review: Reconstruction

A white actor who wore blackface and made fun of enslaved people during the 1830s and would later go on to be the shorthand word for discriminatory laws was

• Rutherford B. Hayes

• Andrew Johnson

• Jim Crow

• A sharecropper

Plessy v. Ferguson ruled that it was not in violation of the 14th amendment to

• hold slaves

• separate racial groups in public facilities

• deny black citizens the right to vote

• award citizenship to black women

A form of violence that became more common during the era of reconstruction was ______________; the execution of a person by a mob with impunity.

• Lynching

• Hounding

• Tar and Feathering

• Poll Taxing

What Supreme Court case ruled "separate but equal" was legal?

• Dred Scott vs Sandford

• Roe vs Wade

• Brown vs Board of Education

• Plessy vs Ferguson

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

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

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

Which of the following were used to keep African Americans from voting?

• violence
• literacy tests
• poll taxes
• all of these