Reconstruction Quiz

What brought an end to Reconstruction after the disputed presidential election of Rutherford B. Hayes?

• Compromise of 1877

• Civil Rights Act of 1866

• Ku Klux Klan

• Jim Crow Laws

How did Hayes' election in 1876 help bring Reconstruction to an end?

• The Freedmen's Bureau took on a larger role in Southern states.

• Ex-slaves secured full political and civil rights.

• Hayes vetoed all Reconstruction legislation.

• Federal troops were removed from the south.

The election of 1877

• Ended Reconstruction

• Established separate but equal

• Ensured equal rights for all

• Institutionalized segregation

Which is the best description of Reconstruction?

• rebuilding the US after a big earthquake

• a period of rebuilding in the US after the Revolutionary War

• a period of rebuilding in the US after the Civil War

• unfair treatment of African Americans after the Civil War

What was the main goal of the Reconstruction era after the American Civil War?

• To industrialize the Southern states

• To rebuild the Southern states and integrate them back into the Union

• To punish the Southern states for secession

• To promote westward expansion

Which amendment abolished slavery throughout the United States?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 12th Amendment

What did the Freedmen's Bureau primarily aim to provide?

• Military support for the South

• Education and legal assistance for freed slaves

• Financial loans to plantation owners

• New land to Northern industrialists

Which President was impeached during the Reconstruction era?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Andrew Johnson

• Rutherford B. Hayes

What was the main purpose of the Black Codes during the Reconstruction era?

• To grant equal rights to freed slaves

• To restrict the freedom and rights of freed slaves

• To encourage freed slaves to move North

• To provide employment opportunities to freed slaves

Which group was primarily targeted by the Ku Klux Klan during the Reconstruction era?

• Northern politicians

• Confederate soldiers

• African American voters and leaders

• European immigrants