Basics of Reconstruction
What years mark the Reconstruction Era?
A) 1860–1870
B) 1865–1877
C) 1850–1861
D) 1877–1890
B) 1865–1877
What organization was created to help freedmen and poor whites?
A) National Labor Union
B) Freedmen’s Bureau
C) Reconstruction League
D) Union Aid Society
B) Freedmen’s Bureau
Which president took office after Lincoln’s assassination?
A) Abraham Lincoln
B) Andrew Johnson
C) Ulysses S. Grant
D) Rutherford B. Hayes
B) Andrew Johnson
What was sharecropping?
A) Farmers splitting profits with the government
B) Poor farmers renting land and paying with crops
C) Workers paid hourly wages
D) Union soldiers farming after war
B) Poor farmers renting land and paying with crops
What was one failure of Reconstruction?
A) Lasting equality for freedmen
B) Widespread corruption and resistance
C) Economic growth in the South
D) Stronger civil rights protections
B) Widespread corruption and resistance
What was the main goal of Reconstruction?
A) Expand U.S. territory
B) Rebuild the South and reunite the Union
C) Spread slavery to new states
D) Increase taxes in the South
B) Rebuild the South and reunite the Union
What were the “Black Codes”?
A) Laws protecting African American rights
B) Southern laws restricting the rights of African Americans
C) Codes for military supplies
D) Northern voting laws
B) Southern laws restricting the rights of African Americans
Which group pushed for harsher Reconstruction policies?
A) Southern Democrats
B) Radical Republicans
C) Loyalists
D) Copperheads
B) Radical Republicans
What was segregation under Jim Crow laws?
A) Equal schooling
B) Racial separation with inferior services for African Americans
C) Taxation of farms
D) Equal political rights
B) Racial separation with inferior services for African Americans
What role did the Ku Klux Klan play?
A) Rebuilt southern schools
B) Terrorized African Americans
C) Helped freedmen vote
D) Promoted fair trials
B) Terrorized African Americans
Which amendment abolished slavery in the U.S.?
A) 13th Amendment
B) 14th Amendment
C) 15th Amendment
D) 16th Amendment
A) 13th Amendment
Which act divided the South into military districts?
A) Missouri Compromise
B) Reconstruction Act of 1867
C) Homestead Act
D) Emancipation Act
B) Reconstruction Act of 1867
Who were “carpetbaggers”?
A) Southerners who supported Reconstruction
B) Northerners who moved South for opportunity
C) Freed African Americans in politics
D) Union generals
B) Northerners who moved South for opportunity
What was one challenge freedmen faced?
A) Equal pay for jobs
B) Legal and social discrimination
C) Access to unlimited land
D) Free college education
B) Legal and social discrimination
What was the Compromise of 1877?
A) The official end of slavery
B) Deal removing federal troops from the South
C) Law banning sharecropping
D) Agreement expanding freedmen’s rights
B) Deal removing federal troops from the South
Which amendment granted citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S.?
A) 12th Amendment
B) 13th Amendment
C) 14th Amendment
D) 15th Amendment
C) 14th Amendment
What was the purpose of the Enforcement Acts?
A) Provide new railroads
B) Protect African Americans’ voting rights
C) Increase state taxes
D) Ban northern migration
B) Protect African Americans’ voting rights
Who were “scalawags”?
A) Southern Democrats
B) Northerners in the South
C) Southern whites who supported Reconstruction
D) Union soldiers
C) Southern whites who supported Reconstruction
What did poll taxes and literacy tests do?
A) Increased crop production
B) Prevented African Americans from voting
C) Encouraged women to vote
D) Protected freedmen’s rights
B) Prevented African Americans from voting
After Reconstruction ended, how were rights rolled back?
A) Segregation laws like Jim Crow
B) Lower taxes
C) Free schools for all
D) More African Americans in office
A) Segregation laws like Jim Crow
Which amendment guaranteed voting rights regardless of race or previous condition of slavery?
A) 12th Amendment
B) 13th Amendment
C) 14th Amendment
D) 15th Amendment
D) 15th Amendment
What was the Wade-Davis Bill?
A) Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction
B) Congress’s stricter plan requiring loyalty oaths
C) A southern peace treaty
D) A plan to fund freedmen’s schools
B) Congress’s stricter plan requiring loyalty oaths
Which president was impeached during Reconstruction?
A) Ulysses S. Grant
B) Abraham Lincoln
C) Andrew Johnson
D) Rutherford B. Hayes
C) Andrew Johnson
What was the greatest success of Reconstruction?
A) Rise of segregation
B) Return of Confederate leaders
C) Passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
D) Collapse of Southern farming
C) Passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
What was the lasting legacy of Reconstruction?
A) Jim Crow laws remained forever
B) Amendments laid groundwork for future civil rights progress
C) Slavery returned in the South
D) Freedmen’s Bureau lasted 100 years
B) Amendments laid groundwork for future civil rights progress