Reconstruction Policies Quiz

What was the goal of the Freedmen's Bureau?

• To provide food, clothing, healthcare, and education for all Southerners

• To punish the Confederates for the war

• To guarantee African American equality

• To negotiate fair labor contracts between former slaves and white landowners

Which plan allowed southern states to rejoin the Union by swearing loyalty oaths?

• Lincoln's Plan

• Wade Davis Bill

• Johnson's Plan

• Radical Republicans' Plan

What did the Black Codes do?

• Limited African American rights

• Guaranteed African American equality

• Provided food, clothing, and healthcare for all Southerners

• Reunited families separated by the war and slavery

Which amendment forbids states from denying the right to vote based on race?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

Who impeached President Andrew Johnson?

• Radical Republicans

• Southern Redeemers

• Ku Klux Klan

• Democratic Party

What did the Reconstruction Act of 1867 do?

• Divided the 10 southern states into 5 military districts

• Ended the Black Codes

• Passed the 15th Amendment

• Impeached President Andrew Johnson

Who were the Carpetbaggers?

• Northerners who came to the South to help with Reconstruction

• White Southerners who joined the Republican Party

• Confederate veterans who formed the Ku Klux Klan

• African Americans who held political office during Reconstruction

What was the system where landowners gave farm workers land, seed, and tools in return for some of the crop they raised?

• Sharecropping

• Tenant Farming

• Homesteading

• Plantation System

What was the outcome of the Compromise of 1877?

• Democrats took control of running the South

• Republicans gained control of the South

• Federal troops were sent to occupy the South

• African Americans were given voting rights

What did the Supreme Court rule in the Plessy v Ferguson case?

• Segregation was unconstitutional

• African Americans had the right to vote

• Separate but equal facilities were constitutional

• The 14th Amendment was invalid