Reconstruction Era Quiz

How long did the Reconstruction era last?

• From 1863 to 1865

• From 1865 to 1877

• From 1870 to 1880

• From 1861 to 1865

Who became president after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated?

• Thaddeus Stevens

• Rutherford B. Hayes

• Andrew Johnson

• Ulysses S. Grant

What clause in the 13th Amendment is frequently criticized today?

• The clause allowing slavery as punishment for a crime

• The clause abolishing slavery

• The clause granting citizenship

• The clause regarding equal protection of the laws

What was the main goal of the Reconstruction Amendments?

• To redistribute land to former slaves

• To pardon Confederate soldiers

• To establish Black Americans' legal protections

• To officially end the Civil War

What did the 15th Amendment achieve?

• Abolished slavery

• Granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the US

• Gave Black men the right to vote

• Established equal protection under the laws

How did sharecropping limit the freedom of newly freed Black Americans?

• By tying them to the land without wages

• By segregating schools and public places

• By preventing them from voting

• By enforcing strict labor contracts

What was the main purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?

• To distribute land to former slaves

• To assist newly freed Black Americans

• To oversee the reconstruction of the South

• To enforce the Reconstruction Amendments

Who was the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan?

• Andrew Johnson

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Hiram Revels

• Nathan Bedford Forrest

What was the outcome of the Compromise of 1877?

• The Freedmen's Bureau was established

• Federal troops were withdrawn from the South

• Reconstruction was declared a success

• Black Americans gained more political power

Why is it said that Reconstruction was 'violently overthrown'?

• Because of white supremacist actions against Black Americans

• Because of the disputes in the presidential election of 1876

• Because of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln

• Due to the political disagreements between Johnson and Congress