Understanding the Reconstruction Era

How many soldiers died during the Civil War?

• Over 550,000

• Nearly 700,000

• About 500,000

• More than 620,000

What was the main goal of the Reconstruction period?

• To expand educational opportunities

• To ensure slavery would never again exist in the United States

• To rebuild the South

• To punish the South

What did President Lincoln's 10 percent plan require?

• 10% of Confederate soldiers to apologize

• 10% of the South's land to be given to freed slaves

• 10% of the voting population in the South to take a loyalty oath to the U.S.

• 10% of the South's wealth to be redistributed

Who were the Radical Republicans?

• Northern businessmen looking to invest in the South

• Former Confederate soldiers seeking amnesty

• Supporters of President Lincoln's policies

• A group that wanted harsher reconstruction policies for the South

What did the Thirteenth Amendment accomplish?

• Gave women the right to vote

• Abolished slavery throughout the United States

• Granted citizenship to all persons born in the U.S.

• Established the Freedmen's Bureau

What was the purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?

• To provide military training to freed slaves

• To oversee the Reconstruction in the South

• To set up schools and medical clinics for former slaves

• To redistribute land to former slaves

What was the main reason many white Southerners resented the Reconstruction?

• The economic downturn of the South

• The political power shift due to African Americans voting

• The loss of their land to former slaves

• The harsh winter conditions during the Reconstruction

Who were the 'carpetbaggers'?

• Former Confederate soldiers

• African American politicians

• Northerners who moved to the South after the war

• Southern supporters of the Union

What was sharecropping?

• A method of farming where the landowner provides the land, tools, and seed to a farmer for a share of the crop

• A system where former slaves owned the land they farmed

• A military strategy used during the Civil War

• A government program to distribute farmland

What did the Fifteenth Amendment guarantee?

• The right of black men to vote

• The right to own property

• Freedom of speech

• The right to an education