PRE-TEST Reconstruction

Which Amendment banned slavery in the US and its territories?

• 13th Amendent
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment
• Emancipation Proclamation

This Amendment gave African Americans voting rights after the Civil War - 

• 15th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 13th Amendment

After the Civil War, could Southern leaders hold office?

• Yes!
• No!

Who were 'carpetbaggers'?

• Northerners who came South to take advantage.
• People who worked installing carpets.
• Southerners who went North to take advantage.
• People who hated Reconstruction.

Black Codes were meant to limit the freedoms of -

• African Americans
• Southern Leaders
• Northern Carpetbaggers
• White Landowners 

Who did the Freedman's Bureau want to help?

• Recently freed African Americans
• Northerners
• Carpetbaggers
• Landowners

What group of people was most affected by the passing of the 14th Amendment?

• Northern Soldiers

• Politicians

• African Americans

• Plantation Owners

What was the purpose of the Reconstruction period in the United States?

• To expand the power of the federal government over the states.

• To establish a new government in the Southern states.

• To punish the Southern states for their role in the Civil War.

• To rebuild and reunite the country after the Civil War and address the issues of slavery and civil rights for newly freed African Americans.

The picture above shows African Americans voting. Which of the following Constitutional Amendments guarantees that right?

• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment
• 18th Amendment

Black Codes were designed to -

• end slavery completely

• help African Americans find jobs

• limit the rights of African Americans

• stop discrimination against African Americans