Reconstruction Review

Which amendment gave former slaves the right to become citizens?

• 13

• 14

• 15

Which amendment gave all males, including former slaves, the right to vote?

• 13

• 14

• 15

Which amendment abolishes slavery in the United States and freed all slaves?

• 13

• 14

• 15

Which amendment guarantees freedom of religion?

• 1

• 2

• 3

The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments guaranteed all the following EXCEPT which one below?

• freedom

• political rights/citizenship

• economic rights

First African-American to be elected into the U.S. Senate, represented Mississippi. 

• Abraham Lincoln
• Hiram Rhodes Revels
• Ulysses S. Grant

Which of these was a task of the Freedmen's Bureau?

• It set up "return to Africa" trips for former slaves.

• It helped transition Native Americans to city and industrial life.

• It established schools and distribute food for newly-freed slaves

What was the Freedmen's Bureau?

• a radical group in Congress

• a government agency created during Reconstruction to help former slaves and displaced southerners with food, shelter, clothing, jobs, and schooling.

• the group that brought Southern states back in the Union

The election of Hiram Rhodes Revels in 1870 was significant because he was the first African American to?

• win an election as a member of the Democratic Party.

• win a majority of the popular vote in Mississippi.

• serve as a member of the U.S. Senate.

What was one long-term consequence of the sharecropping system?

• Agricultural workers organized labor unions.

• Many former slaves became trapped in a cycle of debt.

• Many agricultural workers moved to cities to start small businesses.