Reconstruction

Northerners who traveled to the south usually seeking private gain under Reconstruction

• scalawags
• freedmen
• carpetbaggers
• sharecroppers

System in the south where freed African Americans worked for the landowner and stayed in debt

• Wage labor
• Tenant farming

• Crop rotation
• Sharecropping

Who wanted to punish the south and disagreed with Lincoln over plans for Reconstruction?

• Moderate Republicans
• Southern Democrats
• Union Generals
• Radical Republicans

The Civil Rights Act of 1866 was important because it allowed--

• It allowed the right to vote only for men.
• It allowed segregation in public facilities.
• It allowed African Americans to gain equal rights

• It allowed the establishment of a national language.

Who was the Commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau that helped former slaves?

• Frederick Douglass
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Abraham Lincoln
• O. O. Howard

A white organization started in the South in 1874 to kick Republicans out of office and intimidate freedmen from voting

• White League
• Radical Republicans

• Freedmen's Bureau

• Carpetbaggers

Which amendment gave voting rights to freedmen?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 16th

Native Americans were forced to live on land set aside for them by the United States Government called...

• Bad Lands

• Internment Camps

• National Parks

• Reservations

What was the purpose of the Indian boarding schools?

• To provide vocational training for Native American children.
• To promote Native American languages and traditions.
• To assimilate Native American children into American culture.

• To serve as a safe haven for Native American families.

Why was the Dawes Act a significant step towards the assimilation of Native Americans?

• The Dawes Act was significant because it promoted individual land ownership and farming among Native Americans, facilitating their assimilation into American society.
• The Dawes Act was designed to strengthen tribal governance and autonomy.
• The Dawes Act provided Native Americans with unrestricted access to their ancestral lands.
• The Dawes Act aimed to preserve Native American cultures and traditions.