Reconstruction

After the Civil War, southern states adopted Black Codes to —

• punish plantation owners for the use of slavery
• support Radical Reconstruction objectives in the South
• promote the activities of the Freedmen’s Bureau
• limit the impact of the Thirteenth Amendment

Which of these occurred as a result of the 15th Amendment?

• African American families divided by slavery are reunited
• Newly freed men and women move west to claim free land
• African American men voted in the 1872 presidential election
• Newly free men and women were allowed to apply for U.S. citizenship

The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution affected the lives of millions of African Americans by —

• A. providing them with voting rights
• B. guaranteeing their freedom of speech
• C. providing them with access to the court system
• D. guaranteeing their permanent freedom from slavery

Strict punishment of Confederate veterans and financial assistance to African Americans were policies pushed by which of the following group during the Reconstruction Era?

• 
  Radical Democrats
• Moderate Republicans
• Radical Republicans
• Moderate Democrats

During Reconstruction, most former Confederate states

• were placed under military rule for a time
• were readmitted into the Union, but only after promising to end slavery within 10 years
• given full representation in Congress without issue
• supported the immediate end of slavery throughout the U.S.

Reconstruction was the process of

• rebuilding the South after the Civil War
• creating land zones for freedmen after the Civil War
• instituting Black Codes for former slaves
• eliminating the plantation economy in the South

Northerners who migrated to the mostly destroyed post-war south to make large profits and/or help freedmen were known as

• Scalawags
• Ku Klux Klan
• Carpetbaggers
• Sharecroppers

What was the Freedmen’s Bureau?

• A Confederate agency who sought to intimidate African-Americans

• A United States agency who sought to protect the legal rights and offer assistance to African-Americans

• An agency of African-Americans who fought in the Civil War

• A group of slave owners who united in order to reclaim their slave property

President Lincoln’s plan to repair the south was known as the “10% Plan.” Which of the following best describes this plan?

• Only 10% of Southerners would be punished for rebelling

• States could be readmitted once 10% of the people swore allegiance to the Union

• Only 10% of the rebelling states would be allowed back in the country

• States could be readmitted after 10% of the states get rid of their slaves

Which of the following describes a sharecropper?

• A white southerner who supported Reconstruction in the South

• A northerner who moved to the South to take advantage of the poor economic and political situation

• A former confederate soldier who would terrorize and intimidate former slaves to keep inferior

• A former slave who remained on the plantation and worked in exchange for food and shelter