US History Semester 1 Review

What was the purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

• to create equality for all Americans

• to ensure equal distribution of power between National and State government.

• to limit the power of the federal government

• to give all people the right to vote

This system of agriculture developed in the late 19th century, in which a landowner allowed a tenant to use the land in return for a portion of what was produced. It was called

• slash and burn farming

• share cropping

• rent farming

• farm to fork farming

The purpose of the Freedman's Bureau was to

• provide 40 acres and a mule for each slave.

• gain the vote for millions of former slaves.

• provide work, education, and relief for former slaves.

• get radical Republicans in positions of power in the South.

Following the Civil War, ___ were very common in Southern agriculture, bringing with them work tools and work animals.

• freedman

• sharecroppers

• tenant farmers

• land owners

What group was created in 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee, for the purpose of preventing both the programs of Reconstruction and laws promoting racial equality?

• Freedman's Bureau

• Ku Klux Klan

• Know Nothing Party

• White Circle Council

The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified following which war?

• The Civil War

• The Vietnam War

• The American Revolution

• The Spanish American War

The period of rebuilding of The South after The Civil War was known as

• The Renaissance

• Reconstruction

• The Guilded Age

• The Industrial Revolution

Which Amendment abolished slavery in the United States?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 3rd

Which statement describes the attitude of the "Radical Republicans" following the Civil War?

• "Southern states should pass the 'Black Codes.' "

• "The Southern states have been conquered and should be punished for their actions."

• "Former Confederate leaders should be forgiven for their actions during the Civil War."

• "The country should follow President Lincoln's plans to reunite the country as quickly as possible."

Which is the BEST description of the southern economy during Reconstruction?

• The southern economy was stabilized because of trade relationships with Great Britain and France.

• The southern economy was still based on agriculture and cotton, but now depended on sharecropping rather than slave labor

• The southern economy was transformed from being based on agriculture to being completely dependent on industry and manufacturing.

• The southern economy was completely restored by 1866 and was actually more productive and profitable than the pre- Civil War economy.