Reconstruction Test

President Lincoln wanted to provide an EASY way for the Southern states to rejoin participation in the Union.

True or False?

• True

• False

Congress agreed with Johnson's efforts to limit the rights of African Americans.

True or False

• True

• False

What amendment abolished slavery in the United States?

• The 15th Amendment

• The 14th Amendment

• The 13th Amendment

• The 12th Amendment

Which of the following amendments recognized African-American citizenship and offered equal protection under the law?

• The 13th Amendment

• The 14th Amendment

• The 15th Amendment

• The Bill of Rights

Congress created the Freedmen's Bureau during Reconstruction to help provide services such as hospitals, food rations, schools, and job assistance.

True or False

• True

• False

The Ku Klux Klan often resorted to violence to accomplish its goal. What did they hope to achieve by using violence?

• intimidate the victims

• protect personal property

• enforce the laws and new amendments

• prevent the spread of even more violence

Members of the KKK wore robes and hoods on their heads. Why did Klansmen dress like this?

• to keep them warm

• it was the uniform of the group

• to defend their rights of privacy from being seen

• to hide their identity because many were important townspeople

Which workers in the South rented farms and paid rent with cash or crops?

• Tenant farmers

• Plantation owners

• Slaves

• Sharecroppers

Why did both poor white people and freed African Americans get involved in sharecropping?

• They enjoyed farming

• They wanted to become wealthy

• They had little money to buy or rent land

• They could have returned to plantations that needed workers

Which amendment gave all male citizens the right to vote?

• The 15th Amendment

• The 14th Amendment

• The 13th Amendment

• The 12th Amendment