Reconstruction Test Review

What was the main goal of the Reconstruction Era?

• Rebuilding the US after the Civil War

• Rebuilding cities after an earthquake.

• Hurting the feelings of people who disagreed

• Constructing new ways of working

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 help white farmers exercise their rights

What amendment abolished slavery in the United States?

• The 15th Amendment

• The 14th Amendment

• The 13th Amendment

• The 12th Amendment

Which of the following amendments recognized African Americans citizenship and offered equal protection under the law?

• The 13th Amendment

• The 14th Amendment

• The 15th Amendment

• The Bill of Rights

This amendment gave African American men the right to vote

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

This Freedmen's Bureau was created after the Civil War to...

• establish churches to provide aid in the Southern states.

• reunify the former Confederate States and to craft a plan to readmit them to the Union.

• establish schools and provide job training to former slaves in the South.

• abolish former Confederate governments and to punish former Confederate leaders.

This Reconstruction plan said a state could rejoin if 10% of its population swore an oath of loyalty

• Lincoln's Plan
• Johnson's Plan
• Radical Republican's Plan
• Grant's Plan

Who did President Johnson show favor and support to after the Civil War?

• Northern whites

• Southern whites

• Former Slaves

• Free Blacks

What does ratify mean?

• disagree

• block

• prohibit

• approve

Which Amendment gave all persons born in the U.S. including former slaves, CITIZENSHIP.

• 12th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 15th Amendment