Reconstruction

What did the Fourteenth Amendment establish in the United States?

• that the practice of slavery was illegal

• that the right to vote was held by all men

• that states could not limit the rights of citizens

• that states had the right to secede from the Union

Who gained the right vote when the Fifteenth Amendment was ratified?

• all women

• white women

• all African Americans

• African American men

What was the purpose of the Thirteenth Amendment?

• to provide equal rights to citizens

• to provide equal rights to citizens

• to outlaw poll taxes

• to end slavery

What gave white and African American housing, medical care, and education?

• the Freedmen's Bureau

• the American Red Cross

• the Former Slaves Bureau

• the Civil War Recovery Association

Why was the Freedmen's Bureau important?

• Southern Farmers didn't have anyone to work for them.

• Former slaves were struggling to find food and shelter.

• The government needed more police force

• Southern states needed to help to rebuild their farms

Who benefited the MOST from the system of sharecropping after the Civil War?

• farm workers

• former slaves

• landowners

• veterans

What was the MAIN goal of Jim Crow laws passed during Reconstruction?

• to protect African Americans from discrimination

• to create economic opportunities for African Americans

• to prevent African Americans from exercising their legal rights

• to help the government better represent African Americans

What was Plessy vs. Ferguson main topic about?

• Riding the bus

• voting

• ending slavery

• being separate but equal

John is planning to vote, but when he arrives at his nearest voting location, he isn’t allowed because he is African American.

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

Garret is a wheat farmer and he gets permission from the state courts to force his employees to work on his wheat farm without being paid.

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment