Unit 8 Reconstruction

Due to their timing of their election in 1867,  black legislators were expelled from office. This was because which amendment had not been passed yet?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 10th

During the Reconstruction Era, one reason for the formation of the Ku Klux Klan was to

• Encourage immigration from southern and eastern Europe.

• Support the South during the Civil War.

• Eliminate sharecropping in the southern states.

• Prevent former slaves from exercising their rights.

Which organization did the federal government create in 1865 to supervise the transition of slaves to freedom?

• American Civil Liberties Union

• Freedmen's Bureau

• The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

• Howard University

Based on the political cartoon above, President Lincoln’s plan for reconstruction was

• designed to give the North an economic boost.

• implemented by the Radical Republicans.

• a plan for healing the nation.

• designed to punish the South for its rebellion.

What did the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution do that brought about many changes in Georgia’s society and economic structure after the Civil War?

• It freed the slaves.

• It gave Blacks to right to vote.

• It changed who owned the land.

• It made former slaves U.S. citizens.

Which interpretation BEST matches the message the artist is trying to illustrate?

• Despite Reconstruction efforts to improve the lives of African Americans, intimidation and racial violence by the Ku Klux Klan was used to maintain white supremacy.

• Slaves who used the Underground Railroad to escape the South were punished harshly by the Ku Klux Klan.

• During the Antebellum Period, hate groups such as the Ku Klux Klan enforced the rule of law.

• White supremacy groups like the Ku Klux Klan tried to protect the freedoms of African Americans.

Which constitutional amendment prevented states from denying people to right to vote based on race?

• fourteenth

• sixteenth

• thirteenth

• fifteenth

What is the term that refers to the economic, social, and political rebuilding of the South after the Civil War?

• Reconstruction

• The Cold War

• The Rebuilding Era

• Patriotism

During Reconstruction, some freedmen found themselves without any money and in a cycle where they were unable to remove themselves from debt to wealthy landowners.  They often owed more money to landowners then they could make and worked for a share of the crops they produced.  These people were

• Scalawags

• Sharecroppers

• Slaves

• Tenant Farmers

People who wanted to see harsh punishment placed on the South in hopes of seeing real change take place controlled which branch of government during Reconstruction?

• Presidential

• Executive (President)

• Judicial (Supreme Court)

• Legislative (Congress)