Reconstruction Review

Which of the following best describes the purpose of Black Codes?

• To give Black citizens more rights

• To limit the freedoms of Black citizens

• To provide education for all children

Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

The Freedmen’s Bureau provided all of the following EXCEPT:

• Food

• Clothing

• Voting rights

• jobs

What did Southern States have to do under Johnson's Reconstruction Plan?

• help black citizens find jobs and rebuild Southern railroads

• Reverse their acts of secession and adopt the 13th amendment

• Provide education for all and write new constitutions

Who were the Radical Republicans?

• People in Congress who wanted to go easy on the Southern States as they came back into the Union.

• People in Congress who wanted two separate nations to be formed after the Civil War.

• People in Congress who wanted to be tough on the Southern States as they came back into the Union.

What does the 14th Amendment say?

• That all people born in the U.S. have equal protection under the law.

• That slavery is illegal in the U.S.

• That women should have the right to vote.

What was the Military Reconstruction Act?

• A law that said anyone who fought for the South during the Civil War must go to military prison.

• A law that rebuilt the military after the Civil War.

• A law that divided the South into 5 military districts run by Federal troops.

Which amendment gave equal protection under the law to all people born in the U.S.?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

What happened to President Johnson when he opposed the work of Congress?

• he was impeached

• he was jailed

• he was forced into exile

Who are sharecroppers?

• Northerners who moved to the South during Reconstuction

• former slaves who rent land from plantation owners

• Southerners who were not loyal to the Confederacy during the Civil War