Review for Unit 1 Test: Reconstruction

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 workers in the South rented farms and paid rent with cash or crops?

• Tenant farmers

• Plantation owners

• Slaves

• Sharecroppers

What laws replaced Black Codes and encouraged segregation in the South?

• Marshall Laws

• Reconstruction laws

• "Jim Crow" laws

• Segregation Laws

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.

Who wanted to punish the South during Reconstruction?

• Democrats
• Radical Republicans
• Scalawags
• Carpetbaggers

The intent of the KKK was to

• help former slaves vote in elections

• prevent former slaves from voting in elections

• help former soldiers adjust to life at home

• prevent women from voting

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