The Politics of Reconstruction

Which is the best description of Reconstruction?

• rebuilding the US after a big earthquake
• a period of rebuilding in the US after the Revolutionary War
• a period of rebuilding in the US after the Civil War
• unfair treatment of African Americans after the Civil War

What did Abraham Lincoln believe about the United States?

• "to educate a man is to unfit him to be a slave"
• "We all thought Richmond, protected as it was by our splendid fortifications and defended by our army of veterans, could not be taken."
• "To the best of my judgment I have labored for, and not against the Union."
• "A stand must be made for African slavery or it is forever lost."

The 14th Amendment granted...

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

Which of these amendments gives citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color or previous condition of servitude?

• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment
• 18th Amendment

The 13th Amendment ...

• banned slavery
• grants voting rights
• grants citizenship and equal protection
• restores Confederate rights

Southern states created the Black Codes to do what?

• limit African Americans rights
• expand Confederate rights
• give women voting rights
• jail Carpetbaggers

Frederick Douglass believed...

• that the south would rise again
• in jobs for all
• that there should be public education
• in civil liberties and voting rights for all

Who could hold public office in the south during Reconstruction?

• African Americans
• Confederate Leaders
• Southern Women
• American Indians

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

The Ku Klux Klan was a group that believed...

• in white supremacy
• in equality for all
• in black supremacy
• in southern supremacy