Reconstruction - Final Review

Some of the goals of the Freedmen's Bureau included

• helping former slaves vote

• building and running schools

• providing food and clothing for former slaves

• all of the above

Why did Sharecropping and tenant farming become the dominant form of agriculture after the Civil War?

• many former Confederate soldiers were available to work

• the government offered farmers incentives to practice sharecropping

• there were many former slaves who needed work and plantation owners who needed labor

• people flocked to the south after the war for jobs

Reconstruction was the process of

• rebuilding the South after the Civil War
• creating land zones for freedmen after the Civil War
• instituting Black Codes for former slaves
• eliminating the plantation economy in the South

Overall, Reconstruction--

• brought changes to the Constitution that were difficult to encorce
• was a complete success
• was a complete failure
• was fully embraced by the South

Which Constitutional Principle was the main focus of North-South Conflicts that led to the Civil War?

• States Rights

• Due Process of the Law

• Separation of Powers

• Presidential Veto

What was a major result of the North's victory in the Civil war?

• The power of the supreme court was limited

• Slave owners were compensated for their losses

• The influence of corporations were reduced

• The supremacy of the national government was upheld