Reconstruction Quiz

Who was the President of the United States during the period of Presidential Reconstruction?

• Rutherford B. Hayes

• Andrew Johnson

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Abraham Lincoln

What was the guiding principle of Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction?

• Expanding the powers of the national government

• Redistributing land to former slaves

• Granting equal rights to African Americans

• Facilitating reunion and reconciliation

What was the purpose of the Freedman's Bureau?

• To provide housing and tools to sharecroppers

• To divide up confiscated and abandoned Confederate land for former slaves

• To pass the Civil Rights Act

• To establish new all-white governments in the South

What system replaced slavery in many places throughout the South?

• Serfdom

• Indentured servitude

• Apprenticeship

• Sharecropping

Which amendment to the Constitution defined citizenship and guaranteed equal protection?

• 16th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

What was the name of the terrorist organization founded in 1866 to target Republicans and African Americans?

• Ku Klux Klan

• Black Panthers

• White Citizens' Council

• Aryan Nations

What event marked the end of Reconstruction?

• The election of Rutherford B. Hayes

• The passage of the 15th Amendment

• The massacre at Colfax, Louisiana

• The Bargain of 1877

What did the Jim Crow laws in the South do?

• Guaranteed voting rights for African Americans

• Promoted racial integration

• Provided economic opportunities for African Americans

• Limited African Americans' access to public accommodations and legal protections

What was the main reason for the decline of African American social and economic mobility in the South?

• Lack of education opportunities

• Discriminatory voting laws

• Corruption in government

• Lack of job opportunities

What did the Reconstruction amendments and laws grant former slaves?

• Access to quality education

• Political freedom and rights

• Protection from discrimination

• Economic independence through land ownership