Reconstruction Quiz

Which term best describes the period of rebuilding the South immediately following the Civil War?

• Reperation

• Rebuilding

• Reconstruction

• Restoration

Which Amendment states that anyone born in the United States is a citizen, so it granted citizenship to African Americans?

• 14th
• 15th
• 16th
• 13th

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

• 13th

• 14th

• 16th

• 15th

When Lincoln was killed, who became president?

• Andrew Johnson

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Stonewall Jackson

Poll taxes & ____ prevented African Americans from voting.

• grandfather clauses

• Jim Crow laws
• black codes
• Freedmen's Bureau

System of work in which farmers traded a portion of the crops they grew in exchange for renting land, tools & supplies

• sharecropping
• 40 acres & a mule
• total war

• pastoralism

Reconstruction was the process of

• rebuilding the South after the Civil War
• creating land zones for freedmen after the Civil War
• instituting Black Codes for former slaves
• eliminating the plantation economy in the South

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."

What is the purpose of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution?

• Gave African American's citizenship and provided equal protection of the law for all citizens
• Gave all men the right to vote
• Made slavery illegal
• Gave women the right to vote

This organization helped newly freed slaves with food, medical care, jobs, housing and schooling. 

• Sharecropping
• Jim Crow Laws
• Reconstruction
• Freedmen's Bureau