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Reconstruction

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?

a)

end property and religious qualifications for voting.

b)

limit the number of terms of the president.

c)

correct problems with the electoral college system.

d)

provide legal and political rights for African Americans.

2.

Which amendment abolished slavery?

a)

15th

b)

14th

c)

13th

d)

12th

3.

What was the purpose of the 14th Amendment?

a)

give civil rights to women

b)

give African Americans citizenship

c)

give competition to businesses

d)

limit the power of the government

4.

Why were African Americans still denied equal rights even after the 13th, 14th, & 15th amendments?

a)

No trust in the government

b)

the government took back the amendments

c)

people didn't learn about their rights

d)

the South made Black Codes/Jim Crow laws

5.

The poll tax, literacy tests, and the Grandfather Clause were all trying to weaken what?

a)

14th & 15th Amendment

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

Jim Crow laws

6.

What were Jim Crow laws created for?

a)

To not let women vote

b)

To keep whites and blacks segregated

c)

To help educate African Americans

d)

To help factory workers

7.

What does the photo show?

a)

A character from Sharecropping shows

b)

The Freedmen's Bureau character

c)

A Black character from Minstrel Shows

d)

The 14th amendment

8.

What was the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) and the White League's main goal?

a)

To keep African American from voting.

b)

To provide services using the Freedmen's Bureau.

c)

To encourage African American to vote.

d)

To share crops with African Americans.

9.

Which court case ruled segregation was legal as long as "separate-but-equal" facilities were provided.

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Jim Crow v. White League

d)

Mendez v. Westminster

10.

What did Plessy v. Ferguson essentially do?

a)

Outlaw racial segregation

b)

Legalize racial segregation

c)

Give African Americans property

d)

Give African Americans crops