Reconstruction Review

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

Which amendment can the citizen claim protects her rights?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

What was the goal of the Freedmen's Bureau?

• to provide land and education to former enslaved people

• to create jobs by building roads and bridges in the South

• to provide electricity and help control floods in Tennessee

• to help unmarried men find jobs and protect the environment

Which two groups was the Freedmen’s Bureau formed to help?

• farmers and factory workers

• American Indians and immigrants

• injured Union and Confederate soldiers

• former enslaved people and poor whites

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

• veterans

• landowners

• farm workers

• former enslaved people

How did the system of sharecropping work during Reconstruction?

• The government took land away from plantation owners and gave it to former slaves.

• Landowners agreed to pay farmers a fair wage for helping to harvest crops in their fields.

• The government paid landowners who were willing to hire poor farmers in search of work.

• Landowners allowed farmers to use their fields in exchange for a share of the crop they grew.

What was one reason sharecropping created a circle of poverty?

• The sharecroppers were not allowed to leave the farms for any reason.

• The sharecroppers usually owed money to the landowner and had to keep working for them.

• The sharecroppers were not granted land of their own by the government or landowner.

• The sharecroppers usually paid off their debts to the landowners but could not move their families.

What were TWO goals of Jim Crow laws and practices? Select TWO answer choices.

• to separate whites and African Americans in public places

• to prevent African Americans from exercising their legal rights

• to prevent whites from doing hurtful things to African Americans

• to prevent laws from being passed that would hurt African Americans

• to keep whites and African Americans together in all areas of society