Reconstruction Review

Which is the best description of Reconstruction?

• rebuilding the US after a big earthquake
• a period of rebuilding in the US after the Revolutionary War
• a period of rebuilding in the US after the Civil War
• unfair treatment of African Americans after the Civil War

The 14th Amendment granted...

• freedom of speech
• citizenship and equal protection
• the right to vote
• the right to a speedy and fair trial

Which of these amendments gives citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color or previous condition of servitude?

• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment
• 18th Amendment

The 13th Amendment ...

• banned slavery
• grants voting rights
• grants citizenship and equal protection
• restores Confederate rights

Southern states created the Black Codes to do what?

• limit African Americans rights
• expand Confederate rights
• give women voting rights
• jail Carpetbaggers

The Ku Klux Klan was a group that believed...

• in white supremacy
• in equality for all
• in black supremacy
• in southern supremacy

Who could hold public office in the south after the Civil War? 

• southern women
• Confederate Leaders
• American Indians
• African Americans

Jim Crow laws were upheld by which Supreme Court case in 1896?

• RHS vs. BGHS
• Brown vs. Board of Education
• Clymore vs. Kiser
• Plessy vs. Ferguson

Which of these was set up to help aid former enslaved African Americans?

• Farm Bureau

• Freedmen's Bureau

• Census Office

• Social Security Office

Which reconstruction amendment was written immediately after the Civil War?

• 13th
• 14th
• 15th
• 19th