Reconstruction Review Quiz

Who was the president during the first few years of the Reconstruction period?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Thomas Jefferson

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Andrew Johnson

Which amendment to the Constitution banned slavery?

• Fifteenth Amendment

• Fourteenth Amendment

• Thirteenth Amendment

• Twelfth Amendment

What was NOT a main goal of the Reconstruction Acts passed by Congress in 1867?

• To divide the South into military districts

• To grant full suffrage to black males

• To ensure southern states abided by new federal laws

• To support the building of a Southern transcontinental railroad

What were Southern Republicans called during the Reconstruction period?

• Scalawags

• Carpetbaggers

• Freedmen

• Ku Klux Klan

What was the main purpose of the Force Acts of 1870 and 1871?

• To end federal involvement in the South

• To support the building of a Southern transcontinental railroad

• To stop Ku Klux Klan violence

• To divide the South into military districts

Who won the popular vote in the election of 1876?

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Samuel J. Tilden

• Rutherford B. Hayes

• Andrew Johnson

What was the main outcome of the Compromise of 1877?

• Immediate end of federal involvement in the South

• Granting full suffrage to black males

• Reconstruction Laws protecting blacks from discrimination

• Support for the building of a Southern transcontinental railroad

How might Reconstruction have progressed differently if Lincoln was president from 1861-1869?

• The Compromise of 1877 would not have been necessary

• The South would have been reintegrated back into the Union more smoothly

• The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments would not have been ratified

• The Ku Klux Klan would not have been formed

Which amendment to the Constitution gave male citizens the right to vote?

• Fifteenth Amendment

• Fourteenth Amendment

• Thirteenth Amendment

• Twelfth Amendment

Which amendment to the Constitution granted full citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States?

• Fifteenth Amendment

• Fourteenth Amendment

• Thirteenth Amendment

• Twelfth Amendment