Reconstruction Quiz

In 1858 Abraham Lincoln, made this statement about slavery. “I hate it because it deprives our republican example [nation] of its just influence in the world… [and] causes the real friends of freedom to doubt our sincerity.” What did Lincoln mean in this statement?

• Slavery caused the nation to have many friends.

• Slavery made people wonder if the nation believed in freedom.

• Slavery hurt the Republican Party.

• Slavery had a good influence on other parts of the world.

In the Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln said that the country was based on the idea that "all men are created equal." What doctrine was he quoting?

• the Declaration of Independence

• the Emancipation Proclamation

• the Bill of Rights

• the Constitution

Which was a MAIN purpose of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address?

• to make a commitment to give slaves their freedom

• to remind people that the U.S. was founded on the principle of equality

• to persuade Confederate states that they had already lost the war

• to warn foreign governments not to help the South

What amendments were passed following the American Civil War whose main purpose was to extend Civil Rights to African Americans?

• the first 10 Amendments

• the 26th and 27th Amendments

• the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments

• the 18th and 21st Amendments

Why were the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution all passed soon after the Civil War?

• The South realized that the amendments would help it get more business

• The amendments were needed to protect slaves who were freed by the war.

• Congress needed to pass the amendments before it stopped meeting.

• The North wanted to pass the amendments while they were still needed.

Which of the following things did the Thirteenth Amendment accomplish?

• It said that Reconstruction was over.

• It ended all discrimination against black people.

• It allowed women to vote.

• It ended slavery forever.

The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution proclaimed that former slaves were now citizens of the United States. According to this amendment, how did the former slaves become citizens of the United States?

• They paid money to the United States.

• They passed a test about United States history.

• They promised to fight to defend the United States.

• They were born in the United States.

During the Reconstruction period, why did the United States pass the Fourteenth Amendment?

• to help the southern states rebuild their factories

• to help blacks move out of the southern states

• to set up better school systems in the southern states

• to make sure blacks in the southern states had full civil rights

What Reconstruction-era measure prohibited states from banning people from voting due to their race?

• the Civil Rights Act of 1866

• the Nineteenth Amendment

• the Emancipation Proclamation

• the Fifteenth Amendment

What organization was set up AFTER the Civil War to provide schools and hospitals for African Americans?

• Freedman's Bureau

• the 13th Amendment

• Ku Klux Klan

• the Black Codes