Reconstruction Era Review

The 13th amendment to the Constitution was the first of the "Reconstruction Amendments," What was the purpose of this amendment?

• to give women the right to vote
• to allow the Confederate States to re-enter the Union
• to give African Americans the right to vote
• to abolish slavery

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The 14th amendment to the Constitution was the second of the "Reconstruction Amendments." What was the purpose of this amendment?

• to give African Americans the right to vote
• to give all American citizens equal protection under the law
• to abolish slavery
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  to officially terminate the government of the Confederate States of America

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The 15th amendment to the Constitution was the last of the "Reconstruction Amendments," and it was ratified in 1870. What was the purpose of this amendment?

• to give African American men the right to vote

• to establish a federal income tax

• to give women the right to vote

• to officially end the "Reconstruction Era"

Modeled after slaves laws, these kept African Americans in a condition as close to that of slavery as was possible.

• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Civil Rights Cases
• black codes
• Force Act

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What was one long-term consequence of the sharecropping system?

• Agricultural workers organized labor unions

• Many former slaves became trapped in a cycle of debt

• Many agricultural workers moved to cities to start small businesses

• Landowners sold property to pay wages to former slaves

Poll Taxes

Literacy Tests

Grandfather Clauses

The measures in this list are examples of ways southern states weakened the effects of the -

• Compromise of 1850

• Fifteenth Amendment

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Dred Scott v. Sandford decision

Freedmen's Bureau:

• Provided food, shelter, and clothing
• Negotiated and enforced labor contracts
• ___________________

Which of the following best completes this list?

• Established schools for African Americans

• Certified applications for political office

• Granted small-business loans

• Provided funds for farming supplies

In what ways did the sharecropping system that developed during Reconstruction resemble slavery?

• It tied many African American farmers to land owned by white men.

• It often required that families be separated from each other.

• It did not give African Americans anything in exchange for their labor.

• It involved corporal punishment on a regular basis.

How was the process of Reconstruction impacted by the assassination of President Lincoln?

• It no impact on Reconstruction since Congress followed the plan established by Lincoln.

• President Johnson took over Reconstruction and made it easier on the South since he was a Southerner.

• Southern states were able to develop and implement their own plans for Reconstruction.

• Congress took over Reconstruction and made it more difficult for southern states to rejoin the Union.

Which statement best describes the aims of President Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction?

• to protect the rights of African Americans

• to harshly punish the South

• to bring the southern states back into the Union quickly

• to ensure that the economy of the South would be rebuilt