10.3TEKS Check- Impacts of Reconstruction

All of the events listed below occurred during the-- (8.1A)

• Revolutionary Era
• Reconstruction Era
• Manifest Destiny Era
• Civil War Era

During the Reconstruction Era the Federal government established several programs to assist the newly freed slaves in the South. Southern state governments resented these programs and passed black codes that were designed to-- (8.9C)

• require that all African American children attend the free, public schools
• make it illegal for slave owners to go to the North to search for their runaway slaves
• control their former slaves by limiting their rights and economic opportunities
• ratify the amendments in the Constitution that gave former slaves equal rights

As the new freedmen in the South looked for a new way to make a living, their former owners needed workers to farm their land. This led to the development of the-- (8.9C)

• immigration of workers to the South
• end of Reconstruction period in the South
• system of sharecropping
• abolishment of the institution of slavery

Which of the following problems were faced by African Americans in the South as a result of the passage of the black codes? (8.9C)

• Forced to work in the labor economy under the sharecropping system.
• Creation of a separate public education system for African American children.
• Establishment of the Freedmen's Bureau to aid the former slaves adjust to their freedom.
• Ratification of the 14th amendment to guarantee civil rights to all people.

The practice of sharecropping in the South during Reconstruction affected the newly freed African Americans by-- (8.9C)

• keeping them tied to a white landowner through a cycle of debt
• giving them the freedom to purchase and farm on their own land
• allowing them to have the power to elected their own representatives
• granting them access to an education through the Freedmen's Bureau

While the Supreme Court declared that facilities for different races could be "separate but equal," in reality many states discriminated against African Americans under what became known as-- (8.9C)

• the Fifteenth Amendment
• Reconstruction
• Anti-Slavery Code of 1850
• Jim Crow Laws

Which statement best explains why many freed slaves in the South became sharecroppers? (8.9C)

• They were forbidden to own land of their own.
• They lacked money to purchase their own land.
• They did not know how to buy land of their own.
• They were not interested in owning their own land.

According to the picture, a carpetbagger benefited at the expense of-- (8.9C)

• all women
• the government
• the military
• the South

Which of the following best completes this list? (8.9C)

• Established schools
• Certified applications for political office
• Granted small-business loans
• Provided funds for farming supplies