Reconstruction Era Quiz

What was the purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau?

• To provide assistance to former slaves and poor white people

• To enforce black codes

• To establish the KKK

• To abolish slavery

What were the Black codes designed to do?

• Promote equality for African Americans

• Grant citizenship to all persons

• Abolish slavery

• Limit the freedom of African Americans

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1866 declare?

• All persons born in the United States to be prisoners

• All persons born in the United States to be slaves

• Only white people to be citizens

• All persons born in the United States to be citizens

What did the Reconstruction Act of 1867 outline?

• Terms for abolishing slavery

• Terms for impeaching President Johnson

• Terms for readmission to representation of rebel states

• Terms for establishing the KKK

What was President Johnson charged with in 1868?

• Violation of the Civil Rights Act

• Violation of the Tenure of Office Act

• Violation of the 13th Amendment

• Violation of the 14th Amendment

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1875 prohibit?

• Discrimination in public places and facilities

• Disenfranchisement of Black voters

• Enforcement of black codes

• Establishment of the KKK

What were the promises made by Southern Democrats in the Compromise of 1876?

• To enforce black codes

• To establish the KKK

• To protect the civil and political rights of Black people

• To abolish slavery

What did the 15th Amendment grant African American men?

• The right to own property

• The right to hold public office

• The right to education

• The right to vote

Who was the first African American to serve in the U.S. Congress during Reconstruction?

• Hiram Revels

• Frederick Douglass

• Booker T. Washington

• W.E.B. Du Bois

What was the main goal of the Radical Republicans during Reconstruction?

• To restore the Confederate states to power as quickly as possible

• To ensure that former slaves received full citizenship and the right to vote

• To punish the Southern states for their role in the Civil War

• To promote industrial growth in the South