Reconstruction

Which of the following best defines the term Reconstruction?

• The amendment that outlawed slavery

• The time period (1865-1877) when former confederate states were reintegrated into the country.

• The amendment that guaranteed citizenship to newly freed enslaved people and gave them equal protection.

• Strict states laws passed after the Civil War.

Andrew Johnson's plan for reconstruction, in which southern states were mostly allowed to control the reconstruction process, was called?

• Radical Republicans

• Presidential Reconstruction

• Reconstruction Acts of 1867

• Civil Rights Act of 1866

This political party, mostly in the north, advocated for harsh punishments for the south, an immediate end to slavery, and the allowing black suffrage (voting).

• Freedmen's Bureau

• Radical Republicans

• Confederates

• Carpetbaggers

This man was the 17th U.S. president, assumed office after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), and was the first American president to be impeached.

• Hiram Revels

• Abraham Lincoln

• Andrew Johnson

• Hillary Clinton

These strict state laws were passed after the Civil War, restricting black people's right to own property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely through public spaces.

• Compromise of 1877

• Black Codes

• 15th Amendment

• Reconstruction Acts.

These acts were passed by congress, despite President Johnson's Veto. They protected the citizenship and voting rights of black Americans in the south.

• Civil Rights Act of 1866

• 15th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• Reconstruction Acts of 1867

What was the farming system that kept freed African Americans in debt and poverty?

• Slavery

• Sharecropping

• Jim Crow

• 13th Amendment

How did the South try to keep African Americans from voting?

• Literacy tests

• Poll taxes

• Intimidation

• All of the above

What was the purpose of the Black Codes?

• To restrict the labor and rights of black Americans

• To create segregated facilities

• To abolish slavery

• To protect civil rights

The organization put in place after the Civil War to provide food, clothing, health care and education in the South was known as:

• The Civil Rights Committee
• The Freedmen's Bureau
• The Welfare Committee
• The Salvation Army