Presidential/Radical Reconstruction Quiz

What did the Fifteenth Amendment do?

• Abolished slavery

• Allowed all men to vote no matter what their race

• Allowed equal protection under the law

What is one of the rights the Fourteenth Amendment gives?

• The right to vote

• The right not to have life, liberty, or property taken away illegally

• The right not to be enslaved

The Thirteenth Amendment

• Ended slavery

• Gave people the right to be treated equally under the laws in the states where they live

• Allowed all men to vote, no matter what race they were

The conservative President in charge of Presidential Reconstruction was

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Andrew Johnson

• Abraham Lincoln

What is an example of a responsibility of an American citizen?

• Vote

• Follow the law

• Pay taxes

• All of the above

These laws, passed during Reconstruction, restricted Black peoples' rights

• Jim Crow Laws

• Black Codes

• Slavery Codes

What is the name of a system of farming that took advantage of African-Americans and put them in contracts that were often close to slavery?

• Sharecropping

• Harvesting

• Landowning

Former Confederates got this form of official forgiveness from President Johnson

• Pardon

• Apology

• Excuse

Former Confederates had to take this pledge, saying they would be not go against the Union again

• Refusal Oath

• Oath of Office

• Loyalty Oath

What happened to a lot of former Confederate land during Presidential Reconstruction?

• It was given to formerly enslaved people

• It was returned to the original owners

• It was given to the federal government