Quiz on Reconstruction and Civil Rights

In a history class, Michael learned about laws designed to enforce segregation of blacks from whites.

• Grandfather Clause

• Poll Tax

• Jim Crow Laws

• Constitutional Amendments During Reconstruction

Michael and Aiden were Southern whites who supported Republican policy through reconstruction.

• Carpetbaggers

• Reconstruction

• Scalawags

• Literacy Test

The period of rebuilding the South and getting them back in the Union.

• 14th Amendment

• The Republican Party

• Reconstruction

• Jim Crow Laws

Aria and her classmates are organizing a school event to promote equality. They are discussing different approaches to achieve this goal. Aria suggests focusing on political activism and protests as a way to achieve equality.

• Achieve equality by focusing solely on higher education degrees.

• Achieve equality through artistic expression and cultural representation.

• Achieve equality through political activism and protests.

• Achieve equality through vocational educational jobs (blue collar).

Nora was excited to vote for the first time. However, she discovered that there was a requirement for citizens to pay a tax in order to register to vote.

• Literacy test

• Grandfather clause

• Poll tax

• Jim crow laws

Anika, a northerner, moved to the South immediately after the Civil War; especially she tried to gain political advantage or other advantages from the disorganized situation in southern states.

• Carpetbaggers

• Literacy Test

• Scalawags

• Jim Crow Laws

David's history class was discussing the 10 percent plan, which allowed a southern state to re-enter the union if 10 percent of the people swear loyalty to union and it abolished slavery.

• Lincolns Plan

• Lincoln's Plan for Reconstruction

• Literacy Test

• Johnson's Plan

In a history class, Jackson was asked which amendment abolished slavery.

• civil rights act (1964)

• 15th Amendment (1870)

• 13th Amendment (1865)

• 14th Amendment (1868)

Anika is inspired by Booker T. Washington's approach to achieving equality. She believes in focusing on:

• Achieving equality through vocational educational jobs (blue collar).

• Achieving equality through the establishment of separate communities.

• Achieving equality by advocating for immediate civil rights legislation.

• Achieving equality by promoting integration into white institutions.

Charlotte and Luna were discussing the widespread poverty and destruction they read about in their history class.

• Expansion of Industrialization in the East

• Effect of Civil War on the South

• Economic Boom in the North

• Increase in Immigration to the West