16.2 Check In

What did the Civil Rights Act give to African Americans?

• Voting rights

• Citizenship

• Equal protection under the law

• Land ownership

What was the main purpose of the Black codes?

• To grant freedom to former slaves

• To restrict the freedom of African Americans

• To provide jobs for African Americans

• To ensure equal rights for all citizens

What did the First Reconstruction Act do?

• It banned Confederate leaders from serving in state governments

• It divided the South into military districts governed by generals

• It guaranteed African Americans the right to vote

• It declared that the South was split into two during Reconstruction

What laws did Southern states pass to keep control of former slaves?

• Civil Rights Act

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Black Codes

• Voting Rights Act

What did Congress empower the Freedmen's Bureau to do?

• To provide education for former slaves

• To distribute food and clothing

• To set up courts to try people who violated African Americans' rights

• To pass new laws for reconstruction

Which act did Congress pass in 1866 to protect African American's rights?

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• The Voting Rights Act

• The Civil Rights Act of 1964

• The Civil Rights Act of 1866

What action did President Johnson take regarding the Civil Rights bills?

• He signed them into law

• He vetoed them

• He ignored them

• He amended them

Who were able to OVERRIDE President Johnson's veto?

• Democratic Senators

• The Supreme Court

• Radical Republicans in Congress

• Southern state legislatures

What did the Thirteenth Amendment accomplish?

• It gave women the right to vote

• It ended slavery

• It established the income tax

• It allowed for the direct election of senators

What did the Fourteenth Amendment do for African Americans?

• It made them citizens

• It gave them the right to vote

• It abolished the income tax

• It established term limits for Congress