Reconstruction Era

Who was the President of the United States immediately after Abraham Lincoln?

• Andrew Johnson

• Thomas Jefferson

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Rutherford B. Hayes

What was Andrew Johnson's view on the South's right to secede?

• He supported it fully.

• He had no opinion on the matter.

• He believed it was unconstitutional.

• He was indifferent.

What did the Freedman's Bureau aim to provide to former slaves?

• Military training

• Free passage to the North

• Employment in factories

• Land ownership

What system replaced slavery in many places throughout the South?

• Indentured servitude

• Sharecropping

• Wage labor

• Self-employment

Which amendment defines citizenship and guarantees equal protection?

• 13th Amendment

• 12th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

What did the 15th Amendment prohibit?

• Denying the right to vote based on race

• Slavery

• Women's suffrage

• Alcohol

Who was America's first black governor?

• Douglas Wilder

• Barack Obama

• Thaddeus Stevens

• Pinckney B.S. Pinchback

What was the main reason for the end of Reconstruction?

• A lack of interest from the North

• Economic depression

• All of the above

• Violence in the South

What year did the U.S. fall into an economic depression, influencing the retreat from Reconstruction efforts?

• 1865

• 1873

• 1881

• 1876

What was the Bargain of 1877?

• A trade agreement with Great Britain

• An agreement that resolved the 1876 presidential election and effectively ended Reconstruction

• A deal to purchase Alaska

• An agreement to end the Civil War