Civil War & Reconstruction Review Quiz

The (a)   officially abolished slavery in the United States.

• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment
• 10th Amendment

What was the purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau during Reconstruction?

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Which group used violence and intimidation to stop African Americans from voting during Reconstruction?

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What was sharecropping?

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What right did the 15th Amendment protect?

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Laws designed to limit the freedoms of African Americans after the Civil War are known as (a)   .

• Civil Codes
• Black Crow Laws
• Black Codes
• Freedom Acts

The Texas Constitution that is still in use today was written in (a)   .

• 1836
• 1861
• 1876
• 1901

What was a political effect of Reconstruction in Texas?

• Increase in plantation economy

• Texas leaving the Confederacy

• Passing the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

• End of all federal laws in Texas

What did “separate but equal” mean during Reconstruction?

• All citizens were treated equally

• Segregation claimed to offer equal services to both races

• Freedmen had equal voting rights

• Union and Confederate states rejoined peacefully