Week 11 & 12 Vocabulary Reconstruction

What is the term for the granting of pardon to a large number of persons, providing protection from prosecution for an illegal act?

• Reconstruction

• Amnesty

• Impeach

• Carpetbaggers

What was the process called that involved the reorganization and rebuilding of the former Confederate states after the Civil War from 1865 to 1877?

• Black Codes

• Impeach

• Reconstruction

• Carpetbaggers

What were the laws called that were passed in the South just after the Civil War aimed at controlling freedmen and enabling plantation owners to exploit African American workers?

• Black Codes

• Thirteenth Amendment

• Amnesty

• Reconstruction

What does it mean to formally charge and remove a public official with misconduct in office?

• Reconstruction

• Impeach

• Amnesty

• Carpetbaggers

Which amendment states that slavery may not exist within the United States?

• Fourteenth Amendment

• Fifteenth Amendment

• Thirteenth Amendment

• Black Codes

Which amendment gave full citizenship to all people born in the United States, giving equal protection of the laws?

• Thirteenth Amendment

• Fifteenth Amendment

• Fourteenth Amendment

• Black Codes

Which amendment prohibited the government from denying the right to vote to any male citizen because of their race, color, or former status as slaves?

• Thirteenth Amendment

• Fifteenth Amendment

• Fourteenth Amendment

• Black Codes

What was the name given to Northern whites who moved South after the Civil War and supported the Republicans?

• Black Codes

• Carpetbaggers

• Amnesty

• Reconstruction

What was the purpose of a Literacy Test during the Reconstruction era?

• To assess the educational level of all voters

• To prevent African Americans from voting

• To encourage reading and writing among citizens

• To determine eligibility for public office

What was a Poll Tax?

• A tax on imported goods

• A tax on voting rights

• A tax of a fixed amount per person before voting

• A tax on property ownership