Reconstruction

What is Reconstruction?

• It is a period when the North rejoined the Union after the Civil War.

• It is a period when the South rejoined the Union after the Civil War.

• It is a period when the United States rejoined the Union after the Civil War.

• It is a period when the Yankees rejoined the Union after the Civil War.

What was Fisk University?

• It is a black university in Knoxville, Tennessee established by the Freedmen's Bureau.

• It is a black university in Nashville, Tennessee established by by the President.

• It is a black university in Knoxville, Tennessee established by the President.

• It is a black university in Nashville, Tennessee established by the Freedmen's Bureau.

What was Jim Crow laws?

• It was laws that kept African American separate from other Americans.

• It was laws that kept Native Americans separate from other Americans.

• It was laws that kept African American separate from other Native Americans.

• It was laws that kept Americans separate from other Native Americans.

What was the Freedmen's Bureau?

• It was an agency set up by Congress to give support to poor blacks only.

• It was an agency set up by Congress to give support to poor Native Americans.

• It was an agency set up by Congress to give support to poor blacks and whites.

• It was an agency set up by Congress to give support to poor whites only.

Describe the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction?

• It was a group that took laws in their own hands to help black people have the same rights as white people.

• It was a vigilante hate group that took laws in their own hands to keep black people from not having the same rights as Native Americans.

• It was a group that took laws in their own hands to keep southern people from not having the same rights as northern people.

• It was a vigilante hate group that took laws in their own hands to keep black people from not having the same rights as white people.

How did the poll tax that was established during the Tennessee Constitutional Convention of 1870 affect elections?

• Since blacks couldn't afford the poll tax, no new African Americans were elected.

• Since whites couldn't afford the poll tax, no new Americans were elected.

• Since Native Americans couldn't afford the poll tax, no new Native Americans were elected.

• Since settlers couldn't afford the poll tax, no new Americans were elected.

What were Black Codes?

• Laws that were passed to restrict the freedom of African Americans and keep them working in low paying jobs.

• Laws that were passed to restrict the freedom of Native Americans and keep them working in low paying jobs.

• Laws that were passed to restrict the freedom of poor whites and keep them working in low paying jobs.

• Laws that were passed to restrict the freedom of former Confederates and keep them working in low paying jobs.

What is segregation?

• It forces the coming together of races of people.

• It forces the separation of government officials.

• It forces the separation of races of people.

• It forces the coming together of government officials.

During the Tennessee Constitutional Convention of 1870, what was the purpose of the poll tax?

• It would prevent Native Americans from voting because they could not afford to pay the poll tax on election day.

• It would prevent blacks from voting because they could not afford to pay the poll tax on election day.

• It would prevent former Confederates from voting because they could not afford to pay the poll tax on election day.

• It would prevent whites from voting because they could not afford to pay the poll tax on election day.

During the Tennessee Constitutional Convention of 1870, what would happen to the funds equally set aside for public education?

• Less money would be given to white schools than black schools.

• Less money would be given to Native American schools than white schools.

• Less money would be given to black schools than white schools.

• Less money would be given to former Confederate schools than white schools.