Reconstruction Test Review

When the Civil War was over, the south created Black Codes to- ?

• give consequences to plantation owners for using slaves

• support the views and motives of Radical Reconstruction in the South

• support the objectives of the Freedmen's Bureau

• limit the power of the 13th amendment

Laws that established literacy tests, poll taxes, and grandfather clauses were passed by Southern states to

• raise money to rebuild the South after the Civil War

• improve the education of United States citizens

• limit the rights of formerly enslaved persons

• support the Radical Republicans

The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments were

added to the Constitution during the

Reconstruction period to

• bring an end to the Civil War

• limit the powers of the president

• improve the operation of the electoral

  college

• grant legal rights to African Americans

The _________ Amendment guaranteed equal rights for all U.S. Citizens.

• 13^th

• 14^th

• 15^th

• Black Codes

The _________ Amendment abolishes slavery.

• 13^th

• 14^th

• 15^th

• Black Codes

Who was not protected by the 15^th Amendment?

• Women

• Jewish People

• Southern African Americans

• Northern African Americans

Which of the following was NOT a goal of the Freedmen’s Bureau.

• Distribute food to the poor

• Help African Americans pass more black codes

• Supervise labor contracts between freed people and their employers

• Promoted education by providing schools, teachers and books

In their plans for Reconstruction, both President Lincoln and President Johnson sought to

• Punish the South for starting the Civil War

• Force the Southern states to pay reparations to the federal government

• Allow the Southern states to reenter the nation as quickly as possible

• Establish the Republican Party as the only political party in the South

If you were a descendant of a slave or former slave, you were not allowed to vote

• Grandfather Clause

• Poll Tax

• Slave Clause

• Reading and writing test

Northerner who took economic, political, or social advantage of the south following the Civil War

• Radical Republican

• Confederate

• Carpetbagger

• Yankee