REVISION 1:Reconstruction Era, 1865-1877

The Reconstruction was a turbulent era that occurred in the United States between what years?

• From 1866 to 1877

• From 1865 to 1876

• From 1866 to 1876

• From 1865 to 1877

Which of the following was an effect of the Fourteenth Amendment?

• It allowed the state governments to protect the citizens from dangerous actions of the national government.

• The minority class were granted with rights and privileges that helped them improve their way of life.

• States could no longer pass laws denying citizens’ equality.

• Poll taxes were observed to keep African-Americans from voting.

How long did the Reconstruction era last?

• From 1865 to 1877

• From 1863 to 1877

• From 1865 to 1880

• From 1860 to 1875

Which of the following is not a main idea of concern addressed by Lincoln in his Reconstruction plan?

• Allowed restoration of property to those who engaged in the rebellion.

• Allowed for a new state government to be formed in the Southern states only if 10 percent of eligible voters were to take an oath of allegiance to the United States.

• States were encouraged to enact plans on the subject of the previously enslaved, as long as their freedom was not compromised.

• None of the above.

What statement holds true about the Ku Klux Klan?

• It is the oldest black supremacist group.

• It was founded in 1867.

• It spread to most of the Southern states as a resistance mob against Reconstruction policies in 1869.

• None of the above.

What Amendment proposed not only to protect the rights of the American people, but also the protection of the citizenship rights and equal protection of the previously enslaved who had been freed after the American Civil War?

• Fourteenth Amendment

• Fifteenth Amendment

• Thirteenth Amendment

• Civil Rights Act

What Amendment granted universal male suffrage to African-Americans?

• 13th amendment

• 14th amendment

• 15th amendment

Which is not an effect of the Fifteenth Amendment?

• African-Americans in the U.S. were not immediately able to vote.

• Physical tests were done to prevent African-American people from voting.

• Intimidation was used to keep African-Americans from voting.

What was the main goal of the Reconstruction Amendments?

• To expand the territory of the United States

• To abolish the federal government

• To reduce the power of the southern states

• To establish Black Americans' legal protections

The time period after the Civil War is known as .....

• The Reconstruction Era

• The Era of Good Feelings

• The Radical Reconstruction

• The Freedmen's Era