3.1 - 3.4 | Quiz | Learning Objectives, Essential Knowledge and Source Analysis

Which amendment officially abolished slavery in the United States?

• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment
• 16th Amendment

How did the Freedmen's Bureau support African American families in the aftermath of the Civil War?

• By providing military protection from former slaveholders
• By assisting in legalizing marriages and establishing schools
• By offering direct cash payments to former slaves
• By enforcing voting rights in Southern states

How did Black Codes primarily undermine African Americans' ability to advance after slavery was abolished?

• By preventing them from voting
• By restricting their property ownership and labor options
• By prohibiting them from attending schools
• By forcing them to relocate to northern states

What was a key feature of the labor contracts required by Black Codes?

• They provided fair wages and working conditions
• They allowed African Americans to choose their employers freely
• They often provided very little pay and were difficult to escape
• They guaranteed land ownership after a certain period of work

How did sharecropping impede African Americans' economic advancement?

• It provided them with their own land
• It required them to give a large share of crops to landowners, often leaving them in debt
• It guaranteed a minimum wage
• It allowed them to sell crops directly to consumers

What was the purpose of crop liens in the post-abolition South?

• To provide farmers with interest-free loans
• To allow farmers to borrow against future harvests for supplies, often leading to debt cycles
• To ensure fair prices for crops
• To encourage crop diversification

How did convict leasing contribute to the economic oppression of African Americans?

• It provided paid job training for prisoners
• It allowed prisoners to earn money for their families
• It forced African American prisoners into unpaid labor under slave-like conditions
• It offered reduced sentences for good behavior

What challenge did many African Americans face when trying to reconnect with family members after emancipation?

• Lack of transportation infrastructure in the South
• Resistance from former slaveholders
• Changes in names and locations due to the slave trade
• Illiteracy preventing written communication

Why was the legalization of marriages important for formerly enslaved African Americans?

• To gain citizenship rights
• To assert their freedom and shape their own identities
• To qualify for government benefits
• To comply with new federal laws

What role did newspapers play in African Americans' efforts to reunite families after slavery?

• They published government notices about the Freedmen's Bureau
• They ran advertisements from people searching for lost relatives
• They reported on legal changes affecting African American families
• They criticized the slow progress of family reunification efforts