Reconstruction

The 14th Amendment granted...

• freedom of speech
• citizenship and equal protection
• the right to vote
• the right to a speedy and fair trial

The 13th Amendment ...

• banned slavery
• grants voting rights
• grants citizenship and equal protection
• restores Confederate rights

Southern states created the Black Codes to do what?

• limit African Americans rights
• expand Confederate rights
• give women voting rights
• jail Carpetbaggers

Which laws allowed Union Soldiers to supervise the south during Reconstruction?

• Jim Crow Laws
• the Voting Rights Act
• the Amnesty Act
• the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the Military Reconstruction Act

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.

Who would have most likely NOT supported the Freedmen's Bureau?

• An abolitionist

• a carpetbagger

• a former slave owner

• a northern business owner

Laws that required the African-Americans be separated from white in public places are...

• Jim Crow Laws
• Black Codes
• Grandfather Codes
• Integration Laws

System of farming where farmers gave part of their crop to pay for the land they rented

• Family-Farming
• Sharecropping
• Groupcropping
• Split-Farming

Why did sharecroppers remain poor?

• The South flooded during Reconstrucion
• They owed money to the landowners, never getting out of debt
• The sun never shone on crops
• Animals ate all the crops

These were laws that made it illegal for African Americans to live or work in certain areas and allowed whites to arrest African Americans who were not working.  Once arrested they would be forcibly assigned to work for white landowners. 

• Freedman's Bureau Laws
• Reconstruction Acts
• Black Codes
• Jim Crow Laws