Take Home Quiz (Reconstruction 1&2)

Following Lincoln's assassination, who was Lincoln's successor?

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

• Andrew Johnson

• John C. Calhoun

How did the "Black Codes" affect freed African Americans?

• Laws made by Lincoln to protect African Americans

• Restricting their freedom and forcing them into repressive labor situations.

• Civil Rights laws that made it easier for former slaves to adapt to their new lives.

• Top secret encoding methods used for messages during the Civil War.

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution outlawed slavery in all of the United States?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 19th

What did the 15th amendment to the Constitution guarantee?

• The right for all people to be free from slavery.

• The right to a fair trial.

• The right to free speech.

• The right for all men to vote regardless of race.

Who were carpetbaggers?

• Southerners who moved to the North to escape the rebuilding.

• Northerners who moved to South to make profit off of the Reconstruction.

• Southerners who became republicans.

• Northerners who opened schools to teach black children in the South.

After the Civil War, the sharecropping system emerged in the South primarily as a way to

• diversify agriculture production.

• provide a labor supply to plantation owners.

• give forty acres of land to freedmen.

• guarantee economic equality for African Americans.

What was a common purpose of the three amendments added to the United States Constitution between 1865-1870?

• Extending suffrage to Southern women.

• Reforming the sharecropping system.

• Granting rights to African Americans.

• Protecting rights of Southerners accused of treason.

In their plans for Reconstruction, what did both President Abraham Lincoln and President Andrew Johnson seek to carry out?

• Punish the South for starting the Civil War.

• Force the Southern states to pay reparations to the Federal Government.

• Allow the Southern States to reenter the nation as quickly as possible.

• Establish the Republican Party as the only political party in the South.

What was the MAIN purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?

• To establish Black Codes to limit freed slaves' rights.

• To battle terrorist groups like the Ku Klux Klan.

• To serve as a voice for freed slaves in Congress.

• To help slaves adjust to their newfound freedom.

Which amendment replaced (overturned) the Dred Scott decision and the 3/5s Compromise?

• The 13th Amendment

• The 14th Amendment

• The 15th Amendment

• The Civil Rights Act of 1964