Reconstruction Quiz

What were the original aims of Reconstruction?

• To punish the South

• To help the South rebuild

• To abolish slavery

The Freedmen's Bureau had negative effects on the rights and opportunities of the freed slaves.

• True

• False

What led to the rise of 'Jim Crow' laws after Reconstruction?

• Push for equal rights

• Expansion of railways

• Increased industrialization

• Backlash against civil rights progress during Reconstruction

Black Codes were created to:

• Help Black people in society

• Secretly discuss African Americans

• Make African Americans' lives harder

What effect did the rise of the Ku Klux Klan have on Reconstruction in the South?

• It had no effect

• Its effect is still debated

• It promoted progress

• It hindered progress

To terrorize African Americans, the Ku Klux Klan...

• Burned African Americans Homes/Schools

• Destroyed their governments

• Sold them into slavery again

The Ku Klux Klan's violence stopped African Americans from:

• Seeking help from Republicans in the North

• From voting/being members of society

• From leaving the South

What did the 13th Amendment accomplish?

• Abolished/ended slavery in the United States

• Gave people born in the United States citizenship

• Made slavery legal in the United States

• Had nothing to do with slavery

Which Amendment made it possible for African Americans born in the United States to be Citizens?

• 13th

• 5th

• 10th

• 14th

True or False: The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution granted the right to vote to African Americans.

• True

• False