The Reconstruction Era

Which amendment to the Constitution ended the institution of slavery?

• 12th Amendment

• 13 Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

Which amendment overturned Dred Scott vs. Sanford?

• 12th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

Answer explanation

Remember... the Supreme Court ruled during Dred Scott vs. Sanford, that people of African ancestry were not U.S. Citizens.

Which amendment gave all MALES the right to vote (regardless of race) ?

• 12th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

Answer explanation

The right to vote has to come after the abolition of slavery and the guarantee of citizenship.

What organization was established to provide education and job training to African Americans after the Civil War?

• Black Codes

• Dawes Act

• Homestead Act

• Freedmen's Bureau

Poll taxes, literacy tests, and the Grandfather clause were all violations of which amendment?

• 12th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

Answer explanation

The 15th Amendment gave African American males the right to vote. Poll taxes required people to pay to vote. Literacy Tests required people to be able to read/write to vote. The Grandfather Clause said if your grandfather was a slave, then you couldn't vote.

What is a scalawag?

• A Southern Republican

• A Northern Republican

• A Northern Republican who moved to the South

• A Southern Democrat who moved to the North

Answer explanation

Seen as a traitor by other southerners

What is a carpetbagger?

• A Southern Republican

• A Northern Republican who moved to the South

• A Southern Republican who moved to the North

• A Northern Democrat

Answer explanation

Seen as opportunists by southerners

What law offered free land to freedmen who would farm it?

• Dawes Act

• Homestead Act

• Freedmen's Bureau

• Compromise of 1877

What Reconstruction Plan allowed southern states to reenter the Union if 10% of their state swore allegiance to the United States?

• Lincoln's Plan

• Presidential Reconstruction

• Radical Republican Reconstrcution

• Compromise of 1877

What Reconstruction Plan divided the south into five military districts?

• Lincoln's Plan

• Presidential Reconstruction

• Radical Republican Reconstruction

• Compromise of 1877