5.9-5.10 Reconstruction Quiz

What years were the Reconstruction Era?

• 1865-1877

• 1850 - 1900

• 1863-1879

• 1877-1890

What group of politicians felt that Pres. Lincoln was going "too soft" on the South?

• Southern Republicans

• Demonstrative Democrats

• Radical Republicans

• None of the above

Pres. Johnson's Reconstruction Plan could be described as...

• ...punishing to the South

• ...favorable to the South

• ...fair to the South

• ...none of the above

Black Codes were put into place for what purpose?

• Assist Black citizens

• Oppress Black citizens

• Identify Black citizens

• Remove Black citizens

The 14th Amendment granted...

• freedom of speech
• citizenship and equal protection
• the right to vote
• the right to a speedy and fair trial

Which laws allowed Union Soldiers to supervise the south during Reconstruction?

• Jim Crow Laws
• the Voting Rights Act
• the Amnesty Act
• the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the Military Reconstruction Act

Organizations like these worked for which of these goals? 

• To encourage southerners to fight against the Union 
• to legalize discrimination against African 
  Americans
• To encourage African American education
• to promote Confederate rights

After the 13th Amendment, many freedmen agreed to provide labor on plantations, in exchange for sharing part of the harvested crop. This agreement was called ________.

• labor sharing

• shared harvest

• land sharing

• sharecropping

Free people who had previously been enslaved were known as __________.

• freedmen

• unslaved

• new citizens

• righteous and harmonious fists

What did Radical Republicans want to accomplish?

• punishment for Union military officers and returning to pre-Civil War policies

• punishment for Confederate leaders and protection of the rights of freedmen

• to secede from the Union

• to reinstate the practice of slavery