Reconstruction Summative Assessment 2020

Which best explains why many African Americans left the South during the late 1800’s and early 1900’s?

• Many moved to areas of the country that had not been devastated by the Civil War.

• Many wished to settle on lands distributed by Congress to former slaves.

• Many wished to seek greater economic opportunities in Northern cities.

• Many moved to rejoin family members who had escaped from slavery.

The Supreme Court’s ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson was intended to permit which action?

• A restaurant changing African Americans and white customers different prices for the same food.

• Racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality.

• A public school system refusing to provide any further funding for African American schools.

What was the main effect of the sharecropping system put in place after the Civil War?

• Emancipated slaves continued working for large plantation owners.

• Land was transferred from small plantation owners to large farmers.

• The Southern economy became more industrialized.

Which statement best describes President Lincoln’s ten percent (10%) plan?

• A state could be readmitted if ten percent of its citizens had served in the Union army.

• A state that had rebelled would be allowed ten percent of its representatives for ten years.

• A state can be readmitted if ten percent of its voters pledged loyalty to the Union.

What was the main effect of the constitutional amendments passed during Reconstruction?

• The establishment of a legal basis for expanded civil rights for many groups of Americans.

• A short-term improvement in the economic situation of emancipated slaves

• A long-term expansion of federal control over state governments throughout the South

What message best applies to the meaning of the political cartoon displayed below?

• The political cartoon is implying that life for African-Americans was worse during Reconstruction than it was during the Civil War.

• The political cartoon is implying that the White League and KKK are invincible.

• The political cartoon is implying that the Reconstruction of the South was a tremendous all-around success.

The period of rebuilding of The South after The Civil War was known as

• The Renaissance

• Reconstruction

• The Guilded Age

• The Industrial Revolution

What did the 15th Amendment do?

• Abolished slavery

• Granted citizenship and rights to former slaves

• Stated that the right to vote could not be prohibited by race

• Gave the right to vote to former slaves

What was segregation?

• equal treatment for all people
• the forced separation of races
• a farmer shares part of his crop to pay for land
• the period of time after the Civil War

What were Jim Crow Laws?

• equal treatment for all people
• laws that made segregation legal
• a farmer shares part of his crop to pay for land
• the period of time after the Civil War