Reconstruction Era Quiz

What was the main purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau during the Reconstruction era?

• To impeach President Andrew Johnson

• To provide assistance to former enslaved people and poor whites

• To establish the "Solid South"

• To enforce the "Jim Crow" laws

Which amendments to the Constitution are known for guaranteeing freedoms to African Americans and other groups after the Civil War?

• 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Amendments

• 5th, 6th, and 7th Amendments

• 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

• 19th, 20th, and 21st Amendments

What was the significance of the Civil Rights Act during the Reconstruction era?

• It established the Ku Klux Klan

• It introduced literacy tests for voting

• It aimed to protect the civil rights of African Americans

• It was a law that enforced segregation in the Southern states

Who was Hiram Rhodes Revels?

• A President during the Reconstruction era

• The first African American to serve in the U.S. Congress

• A leader of the "New South" movement

• The creator of the "Black Codes"

What was the outcome of the Plessy vs. Ferguson case?

• It abolished the "Jim Crow" laws

• It declared the Civil Rights Act unconstitutional

• It upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation

• It ended the practice of sharecropping

What was one of the greatest issues facing the South during Reconstruction according to the text?

• The challenge of incorporating new states into the Union

• The struggle over the control of Southern land and the labor of the freedmen

• The difficulty in establishing a new currency

• The problem of reorganizing the Confederate army

Which amendment abolished slavery as stated in the document?

• The Twelfth Amendment

• The Thirteenth Amendment

• The Fourteenth Amendment

• The Fifteenth Amendment

What did the Fourteenth Amendment guarantee?

• The right to vote for all citizens

• The abolition of slavery

• Equal protection of the laws and due process of voting rights

• Equal protection of the laws and due process

Who became the first African American elected to Congress during Reconstruction?

• Frederick Douglass

• Hiram Rhodes Revels

• Thaddeus Stevens

• Booker T. Washington

What was the purpose of the Black Codes mentioned in the text?

• To grant civil rights to the freedmen

• To restrict the civil rights and freedom of movement of the freedmen

• To establish new economic policies in the South

• To provide voting rights to former Confederates