Reconstruction Quiz Review

“All persons born or naturalized in the United States…are citizens of the United States.”

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

 “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied.”

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

“Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude…shall exist within the United States."

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

Why was Abraham Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan sometimes called “The 10% Plan?"

• It called for a 10% tax on Southern products to pay their Civil War debts.

• 10% of each Southern state’s voters were required to pledge loyalty to the United States

• Southern states would be required to provide employment for 10% of the freed Blacks in their population.

• None of the above

The Wade-Davis Bill— 

• Was drafted by Congressional Democrats in 1864.

• Stated that 50% of voters in Southern states must take the oath of allegiance to the United States.

• Passed both houses of Congress and was signed into law by President Lincoln.

• All of the above.

The Freedmen’s Bureau—  

• Helped former enslaved people with school, jobs, and housing.

• Registered former slaves for the purpose of collecting their debts for Southern governments.

• Had as a major goal of assisting Black women start their own businesses and buy property.

• Supported indigenous populations, specifically the Cherokee of Georgia.

What was the Ku Klux Klan? 

• A group of Southern Democrat politicians that supported the rights of freed Blacks.

• A group of Republican U.S. Senators that opposed returning to the Union.

• Former Confederate soldiers who terrorized Black people across the South.

• Former Union soldiers who opposed Southern re-entry into the Union.

How was sharecropping similar to the old plantation system?  

• Freed Black people ended up working plantations again for very little (if any) money.

• By becoming sharecroppers, freed Black people agreed to give up all of their new rights as promised by the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.

• Plantations returned to producing massive amounts of rice and beans, which had always been their main products.

• Sharecropping was not similar at all to the old plantation system.

What were the Black Codes? 

• A written code system used by freed Blacks in the South to secretly communicate with and assist the Black slaves of Haiti who were planning a revolution against white French plantation owners.

• A code of conduct freed Black people created to ensure community-wide respect, fairness, and inclusion.

• Laws passed in the South that limited the rights of free Black people.

• Laws passed in the South that guaranteed the civil rights of all Black people.

On June 19th, 1865—  

The Emancipation Proclamation was two years old.

The 13th Amendment had already been written.

The Confederate Army had already surrendered.

Union soldiers arrived in Texas and freed the last remaining 250,000 Black people who were still enslaved.

All of the above.

• The Emancipation Proclamation was two years old.

• The 13th Amendment had already been written.

• The Confederate Army had already surrendered.

• Union soldiers arrived in Texas and freed the last remaining 250,000 Black people who were still enslaved.