Reconstruction Era Quiz

What was the primary purpose of the 13th Amendment according to the Reconstruction Student Notes?

• To allow slavery in certain regions

• To declare that slavery would not be allowed to exist in the U.S.

• To grant voting rights to all men

• To promote segregation in public facilities

Declared that slavery would not be allowed to exist in the U.S. It ended the argument in the U.S. whether slavery should be legal.

• 14th

• 13th

• 15th

All men have the right to vote, no matter their skin color or if they had been enslaved.

• 14th

• 13th

• 15th

Declared that the states could not limit the rights of citizens. States should not take away life, liberty, or property without due process of law, or deny equal protection of the law.

• 14th

• 13th

• 15th

Which amendment guarantees that states cannot take away life, liberty, or property without due process of law?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• None of the above

What did the 14th Amendment ensure according to the notes?

• It ensured that all men, regardless of race, could vote

• It declared that states could not limit the rights of citizens and must protect their rights

• It made segregation legal in public facilities

• It provided land to freed slaves

What was the significance of the 15th Amendment?

• It granted citizenship to all former slaves

• It abolished slavery in the United States

• It ensured voting rights for all male citizens, regardless of race or previous enslavement

• It granted women the right to vote

What was one role of the Freedmen's Bureau during the Reconstruction era?

• To enforce segregation laws

• To provide medical care, education, and work for former enslaved and poor white people

• To collect taxes for voting

• To maintain the plantation system

What rights did the 14th Amendment protect?

• The right to own property

• The right to free speech

• The right to equal protection under the law

• The right to bear arms

What was a significant effect of sharecropping as mentioned?

• It allowed freed people to become wealthy landowners

• It ended the plantation system and improved economic conditions

• It gave African Americans some independence but also kept them in debt

• It provided free housing to all workers