Reconstruction Era Quiz

During Reconstruction, which group would most likely agree with the message of this quote?

• Radical Republicans, who supported equal rights for African Americans.

• Southern plantation owners who wanted to maintain social hierarchy.

• Former Confederate leaders who opposed Reconstruction policies.

Which U.S. president led the early years of Reconstruction?

• Andrew Johnson

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

What was the purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau?

• To help newly freed slaves and poor whites

• To support Confederate soldiers

• To establish new Southern governments

What amendment abolished slavery in the U.S.?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

What did the 14th Amendment guarantee?

• Citizenship and equal protection under the law

• Voting rights for all races

• The right to own land

What did the 15th Amendment do?

• Allowed women to vote

• Gave African American men the right to vote

• Ended Reconstruction

What was the Ten Percent Plan?

• Lincoln’s plan requiring 10% of a state’s voters to pledge loyalty

• A tax on Southern states to rebuild the economy

• A plan to limit Confederate land ownership

What were Radical Republicans known for?

• Opposing Reconstruction policies

• Supporting strict measures against the South

• Wanting to expand slavery

What was sharecropping?

• A system where freed slaves rented land and paid with crops

• A law forcing freedmen to return to plantations

• A new banking system in the South

Why did many African Americans become sharecroppers?

• They had little money or land and the Southerners exploited this

• It provided wealth and stability for African Americans

• They were forced by the state governments in the South