3rd Nine Weeks Test: Reconstruction Era

What was the primary purpose of Reconstruction?

• To rebuild Southern infrastructure
• To reintegrate Southern states and address civil rights
• To punish the Confederacy
• To expand Northern economic influence

Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?

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

What did the 14th Amendment primarily address?

• Voting rights for all races
• Citizenship and equal protection under the law
• Abolition of slavery
• Women's suffrage

The 15th Amendment granted voting rights to:

• All adult citizens
• African American men
• All men regardless of race
• Women

How did Presidential Reconstruction differ from Congressional Reconstruction?

• It was more lenient towards the South
• It focused more on punishing Confederate leaders
• It gave more power to the Freedmen's Bureau
• It implemented harsher Black Codes

What was the main purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?

• To enforce Black Codes
• To assist former slaves and poor whites
• To manage Southern plantations
• To organize the Confederate army

What were Black Codes primarily designed to do?

• Protect African Americans' rights
• Limit the freedom of former slaves
• Promote racial equality
• Provide education to freedmen

In the sharecropping system, what did farmers typically receive in exchange for their labor?

• A share of the crop yield
• Monthly wages
• Land ownership
• Voting rights

Why was sharecropping often unfair to freedmen and poor farmers?

• It provided them with too much land
• It led to quick wealth accumulation
• It often trapped them in a cycle of debt
• It required advanced farming skills

What was a major outcome of the Compromise of 1877?

• The start of Reconstruction
• The end of Reconstruction
• The passage of the 15th Amendment
• The creation of the Freedmen's Bureau