Reconstruction

1. Which statement best summarizes Abraham Lincoln’s aim for Reconstruction?

• A. Lincoln wanted to end slavery and enforce the Black Codes.

• B. Lincoln wanted to end slavery and humiliate southern plantation owners.

• C. Lincoln wanted to end the war as quickly as possible and reunite the nation.

• D. Lincoln wanted to fight one more battle to destroy the South.

2. Study the graphic organizer to answer the question. Which title best completes this graphic organizer?

• A. U. S. Congress’ Goals for Reconstruction

• B. Confederate Soldiers Goals for Reconstruction

• C. Southern Plantation Owners’ Goals for Reconstruction

• D. Southern African American’s Goals for Reconstruction

3. Which of the following made slavery illegal everywhere in the United States?

• A. 13th Amendment

• B. 14th Amendment

• C. 15th Amendment

4. What rights were granted by the 14th amendment? 

• A. right for all citizens to vote

• B. right for all citizens to own land

• C. right for all citizens to own a business

• D. right for all citizens to have equal protection of the law

5. Which group was granted the right to vote by the 15th amendment? 

• A. all citizens

• B. all immigrants

• C. all male citizens

• D. all African Americans

6. Which were examples of preventing the right to vote?

• A. poll taxes, literacy tests, and the “grandfather clause”

• B. voter registration and voter fraud

• C. candidates bribing voters

• D. candidate posters and speeches

7. Which of the following was a major role of the Freedman’s Bureau?

• A. to enforce the black codes

• B. to help write new state constitutions

• C. to help the former slaves after the war

• D. to encourage African Americans to run for office

8. Read the list below and use it to answer the question. 

▪ Nothing ensured they could buy and own land 

▪ General Sherman advocated for “40 acres and a Mule” 

▪ Federal government returned land to former plantation owners 

Which population does the list best describe how they were affected by Reconstruction?

• A. freedmen

• B. Northern migrants

• C. Southern elite

• D. scalawags

9. Which statement best describes the effect of the sharecropping system on both African American and poor white sharecroppers? 

• A. It helped them become a part of the middle class.

• B. It allowed them to have a political voice for the first time.

• C. It allowed them to make enough money to eventually buy their own land.

• D. It forced them to become dependent on the landowner for land and fall into debt.

10. Study the list below to answer the question. 

 ▪ Made it difficult for African American men to vote 

▪ Socially separated races 

▪ Separated facilities such as bathrooms, water fountains, schools

Which policy does the list above best describe?

• A. Black Codes

• B. Jim Crow Laws

• C. 14th Amendment

• D. Compromise of 1877