Reconstruction Quiz

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

• Rutherford B. Hayes

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Andrew Johnson

• Abraham Lincoln

Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction was primarily focused on (a)   .

• Expanding the powers of the nation

• Redistributing land to former slaves

• Granting equal rights to African Americans

• Facilitating reunion and reconciliation

What was the main objective of the Freedman's Bureau after the Civil War?

• To enforce segregation laws in the South

• To provide education and legal aid to former slaves

• To establish all-black governments in the South

• To confiscate and redistribute land from former slaves

What was the purpose of the sharecropping system after the Civil War?

• To provide former slaves with a means of earning a living

• To continue the system of slavery under a different name

• To give former slaves a chance to own their own land

• To force former slaves into debt and dependency

Which amendment to the Constitution granted African American men the right to vote?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

How did African Americans contribute to the political landscape during the Reconstruction era?

• They were barred from political participation

• They were actively involved and held political offices

• They were only permitted to vote, not to hold office

• They were manipulated by white politicians for their own interests

Who became the President after the controversial 1876 presidential election?

• Tilden

• Hayes

• Congress

• No one, the election was declared invalid

What was the main outcome of the Bargain of 1877?

• It led to the end of Reconstruction and the South was returned to Democratic control

• It led to the redistribution of land to former slaves

• It led to the expansion of the powers of the national government

• It led to the enforcement of Jim Crow laws in Southern states

What was the primary purpose of the Jim Crow laws?

• To enforce racial segregation in the Southern United States

• To provide equal rights to all citizens

• To abolish slavery in the United States

• To grant voting rights to African Americans

What led to the end of the Reconstruction era?

• The impeachment of President Andrew Johnson

• The Compromise of 1877

• The ratification of the 15th Amendment

• The establishment of the Freedmen's Bureau