Reconstruction Era Quiz MR

Which statement best describes the status of African Americans immediately after the end of Reconstruction 1877?

• Most African Americans held factory jobs in urban areas.

• Most African Americans were able to take advantage of educational opportunities at colleges.

• Despite the passage of several constitutional amendments, African Americans found that gaining equal rights was very difficult.

• Political rights for African Americans were guaranteed in the South, but restrictions and discrimination increased in the North.

Under Congressional Reconstruction, which amendment did a southern state have to ratify that made everyone born in the United States a citizen and guarantee all men equal rights?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 21st Amendment

Which statement regarding the era of Reconstruction is FALSE?

• The 13th Amendment outlawed slavery in all American states

• Southern state laws and customs supported the new constitutional amendments

• The 14th Amendment made African-Americans citizens of the U.S.

• Federal law was changed to abolish slavery in states where it still existed

What conclusion can be drawn from the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution?

• The passage of the amendments was to weaken the Jim Crow laws that were passed in the North.

• The passage of the amendments was to strengthen the Bill of Rights.

• The passage of the amendments was to abolish slavery and establish rights to previous slaves.

• The passage of the amendments was to weaken the Jim Crow laws that were passed in the South.

This 15th amendment was created primarily for the purpose of

• avoiding another Civil War.

• granting women the right to vote.

• granting former slaves the right to vote.

• punishing southern states.

Which of the following would have provided the headline above?

• The approval of Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan

• Lincoln's issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation

• Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox Court House

• The ratification of the 13th Amendment

Which statement BEST describes Abraham Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan?

• It was his plan to readmit Southern states into the Union.

• It was his plan to invade only 10% of the South.

• It was his plan for creating a national income tax.

• It was his plan to free 10% of American slaves as an experiment.

Following the Civil War, the so-called Radical (Congressional) Republicans in Congress

• hoped to reunite the country as quickly as possible.

• pardoned southern leaders for Civil War actions.

• regarded the southern states as conquered territory, and aimed to punish them.

• allowed the South to pass the Black Codes.

Presidential Reconstruction following the American Civil War can BEST be described as

• a plan to fix the damage to the White House caused by the Civil War.

• a desire to punish those southerners responsible for causing and/or prolonging the war.

• a desire to rebuild the southern states quickly to help control the economy.

• a desire to rebuild the country quickly by forgiving the South after the war.

The military districts shown on the map were created during Reconstruction to

• force the South to follow the rules of Congress

• pay for the physical rebuilding of the South

• move Native American Indians to reservations

• restrict the rights of former slaves to appease the South