Reconstruction Test (mod)

What did the 13th Amendment do?

• made slavery illegal

• made former slaves citizens and gave them rights

• gave black men the right to vote

• gave former slaves land to begin farms

What did the 14th Amendment do?

• made slavery illegal

• made former slaves citizens and gave them rights

• gave black men the right to vote

• gave former slaves land to begin farms

What did the 15th Amendment do?

• made slavery illegal

• made former slaves citizens and gave them rights

• gave black men the right to vote

• gave former slaves land to begin farms

What was segregation?

• equal treatment for all people

• the forced separation of races

• a farmer shares part of his crop to pay for land

• the period of time after the Civil War

What was Reconstruction?

• equal treatment for all people

• the forced separation of races

• a farmer shares part of his crop to pay for land

• the period of time after the Civil War

What were Jim Crow Laws?

• equal treatment for all people

• laws that made segregation legal

• a farmer shares part of his crop to pay for land

• the period of time after the Civil War

The US government created what organization to help former slaves and poor whites?

• Bureau of Parks and Recreation

• Free Food Bureau

• Jobs and Education Bureau

• Freedman's Bureau

Where were General George Custer and his men killed?

• Little Bighorn

• Crazy Horse

• Sand Creek

• Wounded Knee

Native Americans living on the Great Plains relied on which of the following to meet many of their basic needs?

• Cotton

• Deer

• Buffalo

• Gold

Settlers moving west did not think the Great Plains were fit for farming because..

• only the Spanish and DNative Americans had settled there.

• the area recieved little rainfall and had few trees.

• the region was home to many dangerous wild animals.

• most of the land was too far from existing towns.