Reconstruction

Literacy tests were designed to...

• determine literacy levels of potential voters

• a way to prevent African Americans from exercising their right to vote

• stop people from moving to the District of Columbia

• assess the voter's understanding of the Constitution

What was the 15th Amendment?

• Gave men regardless of age the right to vote

• Gave women the right to vote

• Gave men of 21 years of age the right to vote

• Gave men regardless of race the right to vote

The 14th and 15th Amendments, passed during Reconstruction, resulted in

• equal rights for women in the United States

• expanded rights for Native American Indians on reservations

• increased individual rights for African Americans

• additional rights for Southern segregationists

What were black codes?

• Laws made by Lincoln to protect former slaves.

• Laws made for former slaves to fit in

• Laws in the South made so it would limit African Americans' freedom

• Laws made to prevent racial discrimination

Why was the Ku Klux Klan formed?

• to integrate Southern schools

• to end government corruption

• to return white Democrats to power

• to protect the voting rights of Southerners

What do the years under the Southern states represent?

• The date that they celebrate independence

• The dates the states were readmitted to the Union

• The population of each state

• The dates the states left the Union

Who wanted to punish the South during Reconstruction?

• Democrats
• Radical Republicans
• Scalawags
• Carpetbaggers

What does impeachment mean?

• removal from office

• conviction of a crime

• formal accusation of wrongdoing

This Reconstruction plan said a state could rejoin if 10% of its population swore an oath of loyalty

• Lincoln's Plan
• Johnson's Plan
• Radical Republican's Plan
• Grant's Plan

What does the Reconstruction Era consist of?

• rebuild the North and readmit the Union states back into the South

• rebuild the West and readmit the Confederate states back into the Union

• rebuild the West and readmit the Union states back into the Confederacy

• rebuild the South and readmit the Confederate states back into the Union