Social Studies Review

During Reconstruction the South was under Military rule

• True
• False

What amendment abolished slavery?

• 13th
• 14th
• 15th
• 16th

The 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution...

• Gave African Americans citizenship
• Gave African Americans the right to vote
• Freed the slaves
• Gave landowners the right to sharecrop

The 15th Amendment of the United States Constitution...

• Gave African Americans the right to own businesses
• Freed the Slaves
• Gave African Americans the right to vote
• Forced African Americans back into slavery

Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?

• Nathan Bedford Forrest
• John Wilkes Booth
• Henry Clay
• John Breckinridge

Which of the following was not a part of the Freedman's Bureau?

• Helped reconnecting slaves with their families
• Helped create African American Colleges
• Helped feed slaves
• Forced African Americans to become sharecroppers

Which of the following definitions apply to “impeach”?       

• To remove an official from office
• To charge an official with a crime.
• To arrest an official for crimes. 
• To put an official on trial for “mis-behavior in the White House”

Laws passed by southern states soon after the Compromise of 1877.  These laws legalized segregation whites and blacks to use separate facilities. 

• Jim Crow Laws
• Black Codes
• Freedman's Bureau
• Reconstruction

These were laws that made it illegal for African Americans to live or work in certain areas and allowed whites to arrest African Americans who were not working.  Once arrested they would be forced to work for white landowners. 

• Freedman's Bureau
• Reconstruction
• Black Codes
• Jim Crow Laws

President Andrew Johnson...

• wanted a Reconstruction plan that was more lenient than Lincoln's

• had plans for Reconstruction that were harsh on the South

• was supported by Radical Republicans in Congress

• made freeing slaves his first priority