Reconstruction

Front

Which condition did both slaves and free blacks in the US experience in the antebellum period?

Back

Both were denied citizenship rights.

Front

Which statement describes the roles of George McClellan and Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War?

Back

They were Union Generals who commanded the Army of the Potomac.

Front

Which of the following expresses a goal of the Reconstruction Acts of 1867?
Options:
To restore the Democratic Party power in the South,
To rebuild the plantation economy of the South,
To protect the rights of African Americans in the South,
To encourage former slaves to leave the South

Back

To protect the rights of African Americans in the South

Front

What political party took control of the White House because of the Compromise of 1877?

Back

Republicans

Front

These laws or codes led to the segregation of Blacks and Whites.

Back

Jim Crow laws

Front

Scalawags were a _______ term for Southerners who supported Reconstruction.

Back

Derogatory

Front

A legal contract between a tenant and landowner.

Back

Sharecropping

Front

This amendment dealt with equal protection.

Back

14th Amendment

Front

It provided services such as food, shelter, medical care and education for newly freed slaves and poor whites.

Back

Freedmen's Bureau

Front

What laws sought to restrict the freedoms of African Americans after slavery ended and they become the basis of Jim Crow Laws?

Back

Black Codes