Reconstruction Quiz

The time period after the Civil War where former slaves saw an increase of freedom and rights was called

• Reconstruction
• Demolition
• Redo
• Construction

What TWO reasons was Reconstruction developed for? (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)

• Reconnecting the eleven states that had left the Union
• Welcoming the million of freedmen as full American Citizens
• To take away rights of the freedmen
• Solely to punish the South

The first step in Reconstruction was the U.S. Congress removing the Confederate state governments and to put the South under the rule of the US Army.

• True
• False

This amendment abolished slavery.

• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment
• 16th Amendment

This amendment gave freedmen American citizenship and civil rights.

• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment
• 16th Amendment

This amendment made it illegal to deny someone the right to vote based on race.

• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment
• 16th Amendment

What are some advancements African Americans made during Reconstruction? (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)

• Black churches were founded in the South.
• Black public school and universities were founded in the South
• Sixteen African Americans were elected to Congress.
• An African American became President.

The Compromise of 1877 did all of the following EXCEPT:

• Granted Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) the Presidency
• Removed all of the federal soldiers from the South.
• Effectively guaranteed African American rights would start to be taken away in the South.
• Gave the presidency to the Democrat Samuel J. Tilden.

I am an African American who was freed from slavery after the Civil War. Who am I?

• Freedmen
• Carpetbaggers
• Scalawags
• Radical Republicans
• Ku Klux Klan

I am a Northerner who went south after the Civil War to help freedmen and Reconstruction. Who am I?

• Freedmen
• Carpetbaggers
• Scalawags
• Radical Republicans
• Ku Klux Klan