Reconstruction Test

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

Which of these would have been a goal of the Ku Klux Klan in the south during Reconstruction?

• making sure Reconstruction went smoothly

• assisting the scalawags and carpetbaggers

• ensuring that freedmen had the right to vote

• restoring southern Democrats to political power

What was the MAIN purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?

• to help slaves adjust to their newfound freedom

• to battle terrorist groups like the Ku Klux Klan

• to serve as a voice for freed slaves in Congress

• to establish Black Codes to limit freed slaves' rights

Members of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) MOST LIKELY intimidated Southern voters in order to

• continue the Civil War.

• recruit new Klan Members.

• drive freedman from the South.

• achieve the Klan's politicial ideals.

What were Jim Crow Laws?

• laws that aided in the education of African Americans

• laws of segregation against African Americans

• laws that helped African Americans get better jobs

• laws that helped African Americans vote

What does this photo illustrate?

• desegregation

• prohibition

• suffrage

• Jim Crow Laws

What court decision upheld Jim Crow Laws declaring "separate but equal"?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Loving v. Virginia

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

Following the Civil War, the south continued to segregate based on...

• religion

• gender

• race

• age

Jim Crow Laws went directly against two Constitutional Amendments. Which two?

• 14th

• 15th

• 16th

• 17th

• 18th

What amendment gave African American men the right to vote?

• 19th

• 15th

• 14th

• 13th