Reconstruction After the Civil War Quiz

What is the period of time after the Civil War known as?

• Reconstruction

• Revolution

• Reformation

• Renaissance

Who became the new president after President Lincoln was shot and killed?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Andrew Johnson

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Abraham Lincoln Jr.

Which amendment to the Constitution made slavery illegal everywhere in the country?

• 17th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 11th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

What did the 14th Amendment to the Constitution do?

• Punished Black men for not having jobs

• Made slavery illegal everywhere

• Gave Black men the right to vote

• Made former enslaved people American citizens

What were the unfair laws that were created to punish Black people and force them into slavery again called?

• Black Codes

• White Codes

• Black Laws

• Jim Crow Laws

In which year did South Carolina's new constitution include many protections for Black people?

• 1865

• 1866

• 1867

• 1868

Who was one of the newly elected leaders in South Carolina who had helped free many enslaved people during the Civil War?

• Harriet Tubman

• Robert Scott Smalls

• Frederick Douglass

• Sojourner Truth

What was the name of the organization created to help set up schools, give food, and medical supplies to freed Black people and poor white people who needed help?

• The Equality Bureau

• The Emancipation Bureau

• The Freedmen's Bureau

• The Reconstruction Bureau