Reconstruction Review

What did the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution abolish?

• Slavery

• Indentured servitude

• Child labor

• Poll taxes

Which amendment granted citizenship and equal protection under the law to all people born or naturalized in the United States?

• 21st Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 10th Amendment

The 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibited the denial of voting rights based on which factors?

• Gender, age, or religion

• Race, color, or previous condition of servitude

• Wealth, education, or social status

• Political affiliation or ideology

What were the Black Codes?

• Laws to restrict the rights of African Americans

• Laws to regulate agricultural production

• Laws to restrict the rights of Native Americans

• Laws to promote racial equality

Who were the Carpetbaggers?

• Southern plantation owners

• Northern immigrants seeking economic opportunities

• Former Confederate soldiers

• Native American tribal leaders

What was the Compromise of 1877?

• An agreement to expand westward

• An agreement to abolish slavery

• An agreement to settle the 1876 presidential election

• An agreement to end the Civil War

What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

• A law to restrict immigration

• An executive order to free slaves in Confederate territory

• A treaty to end the Civil War

• A constitutional amendment to grant citizenship to former slaves

What was the purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?

• To assist formerly enslaved African Americans and impoverished white people in the South

• To provide assistance to impoverished white people in the South

• To provide assistance to Native American tribes

• To provide assistance to former Confederate soldiers

What were the Jim Crow laws?

• Laws to grant voting rights to African Americans

• Laws to enforce racial segregation

• Laws to promote racial integration

• Laws to abolish slavery

What was the outcome of the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court case?

• It upheld racial segregation under the 'separate but equal' doctrine

• It declared racial segregation unconstitutional

• It granted voting rights to African Americans

• It abolished the Jim Crow laws