Reconstruction

Abraham Lincoln's approach to Reconstruction can we described as?

• Reconciliation with the South

• Punishing Southern leaders for the War

• Rebuilding the Southern economy

• Making the South its own nation

Choose the, answer that is best described by the image.

• The South was left alone to rebuild

• The Southern States could rejoin the Union immediately

• The South was broken into five military districts

• Freedmen had limited rights in the South

Which of the following are not goals of Radical Republicans?

• Congress should leave the South alone

• Confederate states should be readmitted.

• Freedmen's rights should be protected

• Confederate leaders should hold office in Congress

How did the Jim Crow system affect African American life in the South?

• African Americans experienced more freedom

• African Americans did not work on Southern Plantations

• African Americans were prevented from exercising their rights

• African Americans left the South to move West

How did the Reconstruction amendments affect African Americans in the South?

• Expanded their Civil Rights

• The amendments only help Southern plantation owners

• They had no impact at all

• Provided for more economic opportunities

How did the Ku Klux Klan impact the South during Reconstruction?

• African Americans failed to gain political power

• Encouraged African Americans to hold political positions in the South

• Republicans got elected in large numbers

• Northerners moved to the South

How did the South restrict the rights of Freedmen during Reconstruction?

• Freedmen's Bureau

• 15th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• Black Codes

What rights did the 15th Amendment grant Americans?

• Can not be denied the right to vote based on race

• Can not be denied the right to vote based on color

• Can not be denied the right to vote based on previous servitude

• Abolished Slavery

How did Southern Governments restrict rights granted by the 15th Amendment

• Poll Taxes

• Literacy Tests

• If your grandfather could not vote you can not vote

• Southern Government did not limit the right to vote

Sharecropping did what to Freedmen and poor white farmers?

• Traped them into a cycle of debt

• Help them make a living during reconstruction

• Allowed Freedmen to own land

• Helped the South rebuild