African American Studies Unit 3 Quiz #2

During Reconstruction what was one main purpose of the federal government’s actions?

• To reintegrate former Confederate states and protect the rights of freed African Americans

• To promote industrialization in the South

• To establish new trade routes

• To expand westward territories

Which amendment officially abolished slavery in 1865?

• The Thirteenth Amendment

• The Fourteenth Amendment

• The Fifteenth Amendment

• The Nineteenth Amendment

What key principle did the Fourteenth Amendment establish?

• Birthright citizenship and equal protection

• Separation of church and state

• Freedom of speech

• Right to bear arms

Which amendment guaranteed voting rights for Black men?

• The Fifteenth Amendment

• The Thirteenth Amendment

• The Nineteenth Amendment

• The Fourteenth Amendment

Approximately how many African Americans served in public office during Reconstruction?

• Nearly 2,000

• Over 10,000

• Fewer than 500

• Around 500

What was the primary function of the Freedmen’s Bureau?

• To assist formerly enslaved people transition to citizenship

• To redistribute land among white farmers

• To enforce segregation laws

• To draft new state constitutions

How did the Freedmen’s Bureau help reunite Black families after emancipation?

• By assisting in finding lost kin and legalizing marriages

• By issuing new surnames

• By relocating families to the North

• By organizing mass family reunions exclusively

Black Codes were enacted during Presidential Reconstruction to:

• Restrict the rights and labor of African Americans

• Promote equal employment opportunities

• Provide free education for freedmen

• Encourage Black entrepreneurship

Which labor system required freed people to work a share of their crops to their landowners?

• Sharecropping

• Convict leasing

• Indentured servitude

• Apprenticeship programs

What did Special Field Orders No. 15 issued by General Sherman aim to do?

• Redistribute land to newly freed African American families

• Establish Black-only schools

• Provide financial reparations

• Create employment through public works