Reconstruction Vocabulary Quiz

What was the main goal of Reconstruction?

• To rebuild the nation after the war

• To reintegrate the former Confederate states

• To address the social, political, and economic impacts of slavery

• All of the above

What is the definition of a freedman?

• A person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War

• A white Southerner who collaborated with northern Republicans during Reconstruction

• An emancipated slave

• A tenant who uses land in exchange for a share of the crop

What were the Black Codes?

• A system where the landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop

• Restrictions on black people's rights to own property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely through public spaces

• A tax of a fixed amount per person levied on adults and often linked to the right to vote

• Tests to prove an applicant's ability to read and understand English

Who were the carpetbaggers?

• A person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction

• A white Southerner who collaborated with northern Republicans during Reconstruction

• An emancipated slave

• A tenant who uses land in exchange for a share of the crop

What does it mean to integrate?

• To bring people or groups with particular characteristics or needs into equal participation in or membership of a social group or institution

• A restoration of friendly relations

• A tax of a fixed amount per person levied on adults and often linked to the right to vote

• A system where the landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop

What is sharecropping?

• A person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction

• A system where the landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop

• Restrictions on black people's rights to own property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely through public spaces

• An emancipated slave

What is reconciliation?

• A person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction

• A restoration of friendly relations

• A tax of a fixed amount per person levied on adults and often linked to the right to vote

• Tests to prove an applicant's ability to read and understand English

What are cash crops?

• A person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction

• A restoration of friendly relations

• Agricultural crops that are planted for the purpose of selling on the market or for export to make profit

• An emancipated slave

What is a poll tax?

• A tax of a fixed amount per person levied on adults and often linked to the right to vote

• A restoration of friendly relations

• Tests to prove an applicant's ability to read and understand English

• A system where the landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop

What is a literacy tax?

• A person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction

• A tax of a fixed amount per person levied on adults and often linked to the right to vote

• Tests to prove an applicant's ability to read and understand English

• A restoration of friendly relations