Reconstruction Practice Test (New Version)

Which type of laws were created to keep people of different races separated?

• Voting laws

• Jim Crow laws

• Farming laws

• Education laws

Which change during Reconstruction allowed African Americans to participate in government?

• Growth of cities

• Owning land

• Holding office

• Building railroads

Which heading best fits: lack of food, housing, jobs, and education after the war?

• Economic growth

• Problems after the Civil War

• War strategies

• Government success

Which situation shows segregation?

• Students learning together

• Separate facilities for races

• Equal voting

• Shared housing

Which were used to limit voting rights?

• Poll taxes

• Literacy tests

• Proof of Residency

What system required farmers to give part of their crops as payment?

• Sharecropping

• Jim Crow

• Reconstruction

• Industrialization

What did the Supreme Court decide in Plessy v. Ferguson?

• Segregation was illegal

• Segregation was allowed if 'equal'

• Slavery returned

• Voting expanded

Which leader became a U.S. Congressman from Virginia?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Harriet Tubman

• John Mercer Langston

• Ulysses S. Grant

Why were schools important after the Civil War?

• They limited rights

• They taught reading and writing

• They enforced laws

• They separated people

Which amendment made people citizens?

• 13th

• 14th