Reconstruction Test - RETAKE

After the Civil War, new amendments were passed to ensure civil and legal protections for African-Americans. The first amendment to be passed was the 13th, which abolished the institution of ​ (a)   . The next amendment was the 14th amendment, which granted ​ (b)   to all persons born in the United States. This now included enslaved individuals. Finally, with the 15th amendment, African American males could now ​ (c)   in local and national elections.

• slavery
• citizenship
• vote

These are excerpts from multiple amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

Select the statement which describes the Thirteenth Amendment.

• "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."

• "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."

• "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."

What was the impact of the passage of the 15th Amendment?

Choose 2 correct answers.

• It extended voting rights to all males born in the United States.

• It abolished slavery within the United States.

• It granted voting rights to women within the United States.

• It granted voting rights to formerly enslaved males within the United States.

How did the Reconstruction amendments to the Constitution impact life in the United States?

• Women gained the right to vote in presidential and state elections.

• Prisoners gained the right to vote and participate in government from a jail cell.

• Formerly enslaved people gained government protections of civil and political rights.

• Children gained government protections from working in poor conditions at too young an age.

What was the purpose and effect of grandfather clauses, poll taxes, and literacy tests imposed in the South after Reconstruction?

• to keep public facilities segregated

• to limit African American voting rights

• to shut down the sharecropping system

• to support American Indian reservations

How did passage of the Fifteenth Amendment in 1869 impact Southern state legislatures in the 1870 elections?

• It ended the Radical Republican majority.

• It imposed federal rule over Southern states.

• It increased African American representation.

• It permitted poll taxes to raise Southern revenues.

What purpose did the Freedmen’s Bureau serve during Reconstruction?

• kept track of freedmen in the south after the Civil War

• allowed freedmen a place to work

• supervised all relief and educational activities relating to refugees and freedmen

• supported southern slave owners as they transitioned to paid labor

How did southerners try to limit the rights and freedoms of formerly enslaved people during Reconstruction?

Choose TWO correct answers

• Passing Black Codes

• Forming the Ku Klux Klan

• Becoming Scalawags

• Passing the 13th Amendment

How did the system of sharecropping affect the lives of freedmen living in the South during Reconstruction?

• It expanded the production of corn within the region.

• It kept freedmen in a cycle of debt.

• It allowed freedmen to organize labor unions.

• It expanded the creation of small businesses in the region.

Which statement explains the purpose of military government in the South during Reconstruction?

• It prevented carpetbaggers from operating former Confederate businesses.

• It protected and ensured the rights of newly freed enslaved people.

• It provided money and weapons to newly freed enslaved people.

• It prohibited African Americans from running for public office.