Reconstruction

When Lincoln was killed, he became president.

• Andrew Johnson

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Stonewall Jackson

What Amendment was passed to guarantee African American men the right to vote?

• 13th

• 14th

• 16th

• 15th

Which Amendment states that anyone born in the United States is a citizen?

• 14th
• 15th
• 16th
• 13th

System of work for freedmen that traded 50% of grown crops for the use of a house & land

• sharecropping
• 40 acres & a mule
• tenant farming
• pastoralism

Which term was used by Southerners to describe people that moved south to make money by taking advantage of the war-torn economy?

• scalawags
• sharecroppers
• social elite
• carpetbaggers

Which statement best describes the beliefs of Radical Republicans?

• "The United States has done enough and shouldn't have to pay more to support freed slaves."

• "Former Confederate leaders should be forgiven for their actions during the Civil War."

• "The Southern states and members of the Confederacy should be punished for their actions."

• "The country should follow President Lincoln's plan to reunite the country as quickly as possible."

A government agency that was set up to aid former slaves in adjusting themselves to freedom. It furnished food and clothing to needy blacks and helped them get jobs. It also helped set up schools.

• The Freedmen's Bureau

• The Southern Relief Society

• The Wade-Davis Humanitarian Agency

• The Black Codes

Which is the best description of Reconstruction?

• rebuilding the US after a big earthquake

• a period of rebuilding in the US after the Revolutionary War

• a period of rebuilding in the US after the Civil War

• unfair treatment of African Americans after the Civil War

The 13th Amendment ...

• banned slavery

• grants voting rights

• grants citizenship and equal protection

• restores Confederate rights

The Presidential Election of 1876 resulted in...

• military supervision of the south

• the restoration of voting rights for white southerners

• the end of Reconstruction in the south

• equal rights for African Americans