Civil War & Reconstruction Quizizz

The 13th amendment to the Constitution was the first of the "Reconstruction Amendments," What was the purpose of this amendment?

• to give citizenship to all people

• to allow the Confederate States to re-enter the Union

• to give African Americans the right to vote

• to abolish slavery

This amendment stated anyone born in the United States is a citizen with equal rights.

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

The Fifteenth Amendment was ratified in order to -

• Protect the voting rights of all citizens

• Mandate fair labor contracts between African American workers and plantation owners

• Abolish the institution of slavery

• Protect the voting rights of African American men

What was one long-term consequence of the sharecropping system?

• Agricultural workers organized labor unions

• Many former slaves became trapped in a cycle of debt

• Many agricultural workers moved to cities to start small businesses

• Landowners sold property to pay wages to former slaves

Poll Taxes, Literacy Tests, Grandfather Clause, KKK

The measures in this list are examples of ways the South weakened the effects of the -

• Thirteenth Amendment

• Fifteenth Amendment

• Jim Crow Laws

• Dred Scott decision

What was the purpose of the Black Codes after the Civil War?

• To provide services for newly freed African Americans

• To help African Americans exercise their rights

• To limit the rights of African Americans

• To reunite the South into the Union

What laws replaced Black Codes and encouraged segregation in the South?

• Marshall Laws

• Reconstruction laws

• "Jim Crow" laws

• Separation Laws

Which of the following were strategies the Union used to win the Civil War? (Choose all that are correct)

• Anaconda Plan

• Total War

• Trench Warfare

• Defending their territory

Which were key advantages of the North during the Civil War? (Choose all that are correct)

• A larger population to support the war effort in factories and as soldiers.

• More railroads and telegraph lines.

• Stronger military leadership at the start of the war.

• Leadership of Abraham Lincoln

Which of the following are true about the Civil War? (choose all that are correct)

• There were massive casualties due to improved weaponry with outdated military tactics.

• Ulysses S Grant led the Union troops to victory.

• The Gettysburg Address freed slaves in the US.

• Robert E Lee led the Union troops to victory.