Unit 2 Reconstruction Quiz

Reconstruction succeeded in its goals of restoring the Union and helping to

• regulate the railroads

• eliminate the Ku Klux Klan

• destroy the Freedmen’s Bureau

• repair the war-torn South

The main goal of the Ku Klux Klan during the Reconstruction was to

• prevent African Americans from exercising their rights.

• gain control of state legislatures.

• restore the Confederacy.

• improve conditions for poor whites.

The Fourteenth Amendment was part of a series of laws that

• ensured the civil rights of African Americans.

• shifted the balance of power in favor of the Supreme Court.

• changed the way a President could hire government officials.

• restored the balance of power between the President and Congress.

What was the verdict in President Johnson’s impeachment trial?

• He escaped conviction by one vote.

• He was forced to confess his guilt.

• He was removed from office.

• He was found guilty.

What did the 13th Amendment do?

• made slavery illegal
• made former slaves citizens and gave them rights
• gave black men the right to vote
• gave former slaves land to begin farms

What did the 15th Amendment do?

• made slavery illegal
• made former slaves citizens and gave them rights
• gave black men the right to vote
• gave former slaves land to begin farms

What was segregation?

• equal treatment for all people
• the forced separation of races
• a farmer shares part of his crop to pay for land
• the period of time after the Civil War

What were Jim Crow Laws?

• equal treatment for all people
• laws that made segregation legal
• a farmer shares part of his crop to pay for land
• the period of time after the Civil War

The US government created what organization to help former slaves and poor whites?

• Bureau of Parks and Recreation
• Free Food Bureau
• Jobs and Education Bureau
• Freedman's Bureau

Laws that required the African-Americans be separated from white in public places are...

• Jim Crow Laws
• Black Codes
• Grandfather Codes
• Integration Laws