Unit 1-Reconstruction

"Jim Crow" laws were created in the South--?

• as a response to the passage of the Civil

  Rights Act of 1866

• to aid former enslaved African Americans

• after the end of Reconstruction

• immediately after the Civil War

As a result of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, African Americans--?

• were forced to use segregated public facilities

• lost economic and political rights

• gained economic and civil rights

• began leaving the United States in large numbers

During Reconstruction, who fought for the adoption of a constitutional amendment that guaranteed voting rights for African Americans

• Abraham Lincoln

• Frederick Douglass

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

Frederick Douglass -- ?

• was in favor of segregation created by the "Jim Crow" laws

• was not concerned about civil rights issues

• became a powerful voice for human rights and civil liberties for all

• urged Southerners to reconcile with the North and reunite as Americans

How did Abraham Lincoln feel about punishing the South after the Civil War?

• preserving the Union was more important than punishing the South

• Congress should be responsible for punishing the South

• The South should be punished economically, not politically

• The South should be punished politically, not economically

How did Congress respond to the Black Codes passed by Southern states?

• the 13th Amendment was passed

• Economic aid was withheld from those States

• Reconstruction was ended

• The Civil Rights Act of 1866 was passed

In what year were the federal troops removed from the South, ending Reconstruction?

• 1865

• 1866

• 1870

• 1877

Laws that attempted to limit the economic and physical freedom of African Americans in the South immediately after the Civil War were called--?

• Black Codes

• Civil Rights laws

• Reconstruction laws

• Southern Codes

Laws that focused on keeping white and black Americans apart or separated were called--?

• carpetbaggers

• Black Codes

• "Jim Crow" Laws

• discrimination laws

The Compromise of 1877 led to the--?

• closure of the Freedman's Bureau

• end of Reconstruction

• Civil Rights Act of 1866

• creation of Black Codes