Reconstruction Quiz Review

Many freedmen continued working on plantations because:

• they were comfortable with the work

• they feared change

• they were loyal to their owners

• they did not own land

Which amendment abolished slavery?

• 15th
• 19th
• 14th
• 13th

Which group of people were most affected by the passing of the 14th Amendment?

• Plantation owners
• White Politicians
• African Americans
• Immigrants

Which amendment gives all people equal protection under the law and therefore granted citizenship to African Americans?

• 14th 
• 15th
• 19th
• 13th

Which policies increased as the South reacted to the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?

• Freedman's Bureau
• Black Codes
• Fugitive Slave Laws
• Big Stick Diplomacy

What was the result of passing the 15th Amendment during Reconstruction?

• Rights were taken away from plantation owners
• African Americans rights increased

• Women received equal rights
• Expanded rights for First Americans

The constitutional amendments that were adopted during Reconstruction:

• provided political and legal rights for African Americans
• increased the rights of southern soldiers
• limited the number of years in a presidential term
• allowed federal money to be spent on building construction

How did Abraham Lincoln want to treat the South? (a)  

• harshly
• leniently
• severely
• rigorously

What were free slaves called? (a)  

• Indentured servants
• Abolitionists
• Colonists
• freedmen

Who became president after Abraham Lincoln was assasinated? (a)  

• Andrew Jackson
• Andrew Johnson
• Ulysses S. Grant
• James K. Polk