Reconstruction Era Test Review

This picture would look different before the ratification of the -

• 10th Amendment
• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment

Reconstruction can be defined as the time period in which -

• southern states became wealthy from building an economy based on industry
• the United States began rebuilding its navy after it was destroyed during the Civil War
• southern states were brought back into the Union after the Civil War
• the U.S. economy recovered from an economic recession following the War of 1812

How did carpetbaggers impact Reconstruction?

• They helped to rebuild southern state governments.
• They prevented freed slaves from going North.
• They helped John Wilkes Booth assassinate Lincoln.
• They helped to pass strict black codes.

This amendment was significant because it -

• gave African Americans the right to vote
• prevented voting discrimination based on race
• permanently eliminated slavery
• gave women the right to vote

The Freedmen’s Bureau assisted former slaves during Reconstruction by -

• providing land grants in the West
• requiring a poll tax when voting
• setting up schools to provide education
• giving men jobs as U.S. Senators

Which of the following best completes this diagram?

• Stock market crashed nationwide
• Native Americans embraced American culture
• Latin American countries expanded trade
• New markets opened for businesses

This photograph illustrates that after the Civil War -

• Southerners used bank loans to start new businesses
• Southerners had to rebuild their economy
• African Americans worked as sharecroppers
• Jim Crow laws were quickly put into effect

Hiram Rhodes Revels was significant to the Reconstruction Era because he -

• became the first freedmen to make a million dollars after he was emancipated
• was the first African American governor of Alabama
• became the first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate
• brought awareness to the growth of the Ku Klux Klan in the South

What prompted Congress to ratify this amendment?

• The opposition of southern states to the Emancipation Proclamation
• The restrictive laws for African Americans enacted by southern states
• The surge of Chinese and Irish immigrants in western territories
• The nullification argument proposed by southern state governments

Which of the following best completes this diagram?

• African Americans freedoms were limited
• African Americans voted in higher numbers
• African Americans played a larger role in the government
• African Americans were made slaves again