Quiz: Reconstruction through Jim Crow Laws

The Jim Crow laws of the post-Civil War Era were attempts by

• the Federal Government to improve the status of African Americans and Native American Indians

• state and local governments to restrict the freedoms of African Americans

• states to ban organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan

• the Radical Republicans in Congress to carry out Reconstruction plans

After the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, African Americans continued to experience political and economic oppression mainly because

• the amendments were not intended to solve their problems

• many African Americans distrusted the Federal Government

• Southern legislatures enacted Jim Crow laws

• poor communications kept people from learning about their legal rights

Poll taxes and grandfather clauses were devices used to

• deny African Americans the right to vote

• extend suffrage to women and 18-year-old citizens

• raise money for political campaigns

• prevent immigrants from becoming citizens

The label "Solid South" was applied to the former Confederate States after Reconstruction because they

• consistently supported the Democratic Party

• could not participate in national politics

• rejected efforts to pass Jim Crow laws

• continued to support abolitionist causes

The poll tax, the literacy test, and the actions of the Ku Klux Klan were all attempts to limit the effectiveness of

• the 14th and 15th amendments

• the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education

• civil rights legislation passed in all states after the Civil War

• immigration laws such as the Gentleman’s Agreement and the Chinese Exclusion Act

Segregation can be defined as

• voting mostly for Democrats

• separation based on race or skin color

• creation of the Freedmen’s Bureau in 1865

• ratification of the 13th amendment in 1865

Match the following

• abolished slavery

• 14th Amendment

• granted citizenship to African Americans

• 13th Amendment

• voting rights to African Americans

• 15th Amendment

Radical Reconstruction was put into effect in 1865. This plan punished the South for leaving the Union. It divided the south into five (a)   .

• time periods

• Variants of COVID

• Military districts

• laws

Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan

Radical Reconstruction