Reconstruction Era

Which Reconstruction Amendment granted citizenship to everyone born in the United States?

• Thirteenth Amendment

• Fourteenth Amendment

• Fifteenth Amendment

Which Reconstruction Amendment granted voting rights to all male citizens?

• Thirteenth Amendment

• Fourteenth Amendment

• Fifteenth Amendment

Which Reconstruction Amendment abolished slavery in the United States?

• Thirteenth Amendment

• Fourteenth Amendment

• Fifteenth Amendment

Which of the following was NOT a purpose of the black codes?

• limit the rights of freedmen

• keep freedmen at the bottom of the social order

• give freedmen more rights and freedoms

• help planters find workers to replace slaves

What farming system started during Reconstruction in which former slaves rented land from white planters and paid their rent with a "share" of their crops?

• sharecropping

• slavery

• poverty

• agriculture

What was the main goal of the Ku Klux Klan?

• to intimidate African Americans and keep them from voting

• to help African Americans vote

• to distribute land to former slaves in the South

What were segregation laws called in the South?

• black codes

• Jim Crow laws

• Crim Joe laws

• Freedman laws

Who became President after Abraham Lincoln?

• Thaddeus Stevens

• Ulysses Grant

• Andrew Johnson

• Rutherford B Hayes

Created in 1865, the ______ provided food, clothing, education and legal advice to newly freed slaves.

• Freedman's Bureau

• Tuskegee Institute

• Freedom Train

• Department of Reconstruction

The group that favored the harshest policies against the South was called _______.

• Whigs

• Radical Republicans

• Democrats

• Free Soilers