Reconstruction

The government agency that provided food, schools, and medical care to freed slaves and others in the South

• Jim Crow Laws

• Freedman's Bureau

• sharecropping

The 14th Amendment said that_______

• all slaves were free

• all women could vote

• all men could vote

• former slaves were now equal citizens

Why were unfair poll taxes and tests established?

• to keep African Americans from paying taxes.

• to keep African Americans from voting for leaders.

• to keep African Americans from obeying segregation laws.

As a result of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, slave owners in the South _____.

• were required to free all of their slaves.

• had to limit the hours that they made their slaves work.

• were forced to give a portion of their land to each slave.

What was one thing the Freedman's Bureau was responsible for?

• punishing former slave owners

• building schools for former slaves

• getting the 14th amendment passed

• helping escaped slaves from their owners.

What did President Johnson decide to do with the abandoned plantation lands in the South?

• give them to poor whites and former slaves.

• take them for the U.S. Government

• give them back to their former owners

• divide them among the freed slaves

After Reconstruction, blacks were not allowed to sit in the same areas at the theater as whites. They had to sit in the back part of the theater, while whites sat at the front of the theater. This is an example of ____.

• reconstruction

• desegregation

• reconciliation

• discrimination

The 15th Amendment was ratified in 1870, five years after the Civil War had ended. This amendment allowed the newly freed slaves to ______

• become owners of land and property

• participate more fully as citizens by voting

• press charges against former masters

• emigrate to another country

Which right did African Americans gain due to the Civil War?

• freedom

• jobs

• clothing

• housing

Why was Reconstruction needed in the United States?

• The Civil War destroyed parts of the country.

• The Industrial Revolution meant new building materials.

• The Revolutionary War destroyed parts of the country.

• Slaves had to be divided among northern states.