Reconstruction Day 10

Which of the following was not a condition of the southern states immediately after the Civil War?

• Freed slaves were protected by civil rights laws

• Large number of businesses were bankrupt

• Crop failures drove up food prices

• Confederate currency had little or no value

Following the Civil War, Congress established federal assistance for freed slaves known as

• Black Codes

• Jim Crow laws

• Freedman’s Bureau

• Civil War Amendments

Seven African-Americans, pictured below, were elected to Congress during Reconstruction.

Which answer below best explains why they were able to be elected?

• The creation of the Freedman’s Bureau helped educate many freed slaves.

• Black Codes were passed in many southern state legislatures.

• The 15th Amendment was added to the Constitution.

• President Johnson was impeached by Congress.

In order to deal with the South’s economic problems after slavery, plantation owners and freedmen developed a system of:

• Carpetbaggers

• Sharecropping

• Joint-ownership agreements

• Revenue sharing

The Emancipation Proclamation was given real power by the passage of the:

• 13th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• Black Code laws

• Freedman’s Bureau

Terroristic organizations like the Ku Klux Klan gained strength in the South after Reconstruction mainly because:

• Sharecropping replaced slavery.

• Carpetbaggers protected the rights of ex-Confederates.

• . The 15th Amendment was passed by Congress.

• Northern troops withdrew and local control was returned.

The Declaration of Independence and the 14th Amendment both address what rights of American citizens?

• Freedom of Speech

• Right to Bear Arms

• Inalienable Rights of Life and Liberty

• Right to a Jury Trial

The 15th Amendment, as passed and ratified in 1870, applied to all of the following except:

• Ex-Confederates

• Freed Slaves

• Women

• Non-Landowners