Reconstruction Era Quiz

What was a significant challenge faced by the South after the Civil War?

• Establishing new trade routes

• Rebuilding railroads and infrastructure

• Expanding agricultural lands

• Developing new technologies

What was the main purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment?

• To grant citizenship and ensure due process

• To abolish slavery

• To establish the right to vote for women

• To create a federal income tax

What was the reaction of Stanton and Anthony to the Fourteenth Amendment?

• They supported it wholeheartedly

• They were appalled by its use of the word "male" to grant suffrage

• They ignored it completely

• They campaigned for its immediate repeal

What did the Thirteenth Amendment accomplish in the United States?

• It established Black Codes.

• It destroyed the institution of American slavery.

• It reinforced the notion of white supremacy.

• It created new labor laws for the South.

How did some southern whites attempt to regain control over formerly enslaved people after the Thirteenth Amendment?

• By offering them citizenship.

• By providing them with education.

• By using Black Codes and racial terrorism.

• By integrating them into society.

What was a common tactic used by nightriders to limit Black economic mobility during Reconstruction?

• Encouraging Black land ownership

• Providing financial aid to Black communities

• Terrorizing freedpeople who tried to purchase land

• Supporting Black political candidates

What was a common action taken by African Americans to shed the vestiges of slavery?

• Moving to northern states

• Changing their names

• Joining political parties

• Establishing schools

What was one of the main crops grown in the South during the Civil War?

• Cotton

• Corn

• Rice

• Gold

What was the most important economic, social, and political outcome of the war according to the text?

• Industrialization

• Emancipation

• Urbanization

• Colonization

What system did Black farmers often turn to after emancipation?

• Tenant farming

• Sharecropping

• Plantation farming

• Cooperative farming