Reconstruction Vocabulary

What is the term for an official pardon for people who have been convicted of a crime?

• Amnesty

• Sharecropping

• Carpetbaggers

• Scalawags

Which amendment banned slavery or involuntary servitude in the U.S.?

• 13th amendment

• 14th amendment

• 15th amendment

• 16th amendment

What did the 14th amendment grant to all people born in the U.S.?

• Equal rights and protection under the law

• The right to vote

• The right not to be enslaved

• The right to bear arms

Which amendment gave males the right to vote regardless of race?

• 15th amendment

• 13th amendment

• 14th amendment

• 16th amendment

What is sharecropping?

• A system where land is rented for a share of the crop

• A law limiting voting rights

• A type of tax on goods

• A form of government

What were Black Codes?

• Laws limiting the rights of freed slaves

• Codes for military conduct

• Guidelines to protect the rights of freed slaves

• Rules for educating freed slaves

Who were carpetbaggers?

• Northerners who moved South during Reconstruction

• Southern politicians

• Southern citizens who didn't participate in the Confederacy

• Northern politicians

Who were scalawags?

• White Southerners who voted Republican

• Northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction

• Freed slaves

• Southern plantation owners

What was the purpose of the Freedmen’s bureau?

• To provide food, clothing, jobs, and land to newly freed slaves

• To enforce voting laws for newly freed slaves

• To help newly freed slaves run for political office

• To keep former Confederates from taking over state governments

Who were the Radical Republicans?

• Politicians wanting tougher stances against Southern governments

• Southern plantation owners who wanted to maintain their way of life

• Northern politicians who wanted to benefit from Reconstruction

• Freed slaves who won elected office in the South