Reconstruction Era

What was the main goal of the Reconstruction Era?

• Rebuilding the US after the Civil War

• Rebuilding cities after an earthquake.

• Hurting the feelings of people who disagreed

• Constructing new ways of working

What was the purpose of the Black Codes after the Civil War?

• To provide services for newly freed African Americans

• To help African Americans exercise their rights

• To limit the rights of African Americans

• To help white farmers exercise their rights

What amendment abolished slavery in the United States?

• The 15th Amendment

• The 14th Amendment

• The 13th Amendment

• The 12th Amendment

Which of the following amendments recognized African Americans citizenship and offered equal protection under the law?

• The 13th Amendment

• The 14th Amendment

• The 15th Amendment

• The Bill of Rights

Which workers in the South rented farms and paid rent with cash or crops?

• Tenant farmers

• Plantation owners

• Slaves

• Sharecroppers

Why did poor white people and freed African Americans get involved with sharecropping?

• They enjoyed farming.

• They wanted to become wealthy.

• They had little money to buy or rent land.

• They could have returned to plantations that needed workers.

What laws replaced Black Codes and encouraged segregation in the South?

• Marshall Laws

• Reconstruction laws

• "Jim Crow" laws

• Segregation Laws

What was the work of the Freedmen's Bureau? 

• It supported the rich people.
• It took away food, clothing and shelter from former slaves.
• It provided basic needs to formerly enslaved people.
• It closed schools and hospitals.

Which statement is false regarding the Jim Crowe Laws?

• They were enacted in the South.
• They gave everybody a job.
• They kept former slaves from voting.
• They charged a tax to vote.

What name was given to men and women who had been slaves?

• carpetbaggers
• sharecroppers
• Readical Republicans
• freedmen