Reconstruction Review

Why did some Republicans prefer Andrew Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction over Abraham Lincoln’s plan?

• They wanted to punish the South for starting the Civil War.

• They wanted to limit the rights of African Americans.

• They wanted to make it easier for states to rejoin the Union.

• They wanted to return to the lifestyles created before the Civil War.

As a result of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, slave owners in the South...

• ...could track down any slave who escaped.

• ...were required to free all of their slaves.

• ...had to limit the hours that they made their slaves work.

• ...were forced to give land to each slave.

The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution made sure the freed slaves...

• ...would be paid good money for their work.

• ...would have a home to go to.

• ...could go back to Africa if they wanted.

• ...would have the rights of citizens.

The 15th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution states that "the right of citizens… to vote shall not be denied… on account of race." This law meant that...

• ...slaves could only vote if their masters allowed it.

• ...people could only vote if they had the right skin color.

• ...African American men were guaranteed the right to vote.

• ...freed slaves could vote if a white person went along.

Which was a system used in the South after the Civil War in which farmers rented land from a landowner by promising to pay the owner with a portion of the crop?

• feudalism

• Freedman's Bureau

• sharecropping

• segregation

Why did many southerners encourage African Americans to become sharecroppers?

• to help African Americans become wealthy

• to maintain the social structure created before the Civil War

• to increase the political power of African Americans

• to rebuild the lands destroyed during the Civil War

African Americans had to attend separate schools from whites after Reconstruction. This was called...

• segregation

• desegregation

• reconstruction

• integration

How did the Ku Klux Klan influence elections in southern states after Reconstruction?

• It protected African Americans while they voted.

• It encouraged African Americans to run for office.

• It helped African Americans pass literacy tests.

• It used fear and violence to prevent African Americans from voting.

Which group was a government agency that provided food, schools, and medical care to freed slaves and others in the South?

• Jim Crow

• Continental Congress

• Virginians' Aid

• Freedmen's Bureau

The Freedmen's Bureau was created to help former slaves. What was one thing the Bureau was responsible for?

• hiding escaped slaves from their owners

• punishing the former slave owners

• building schools for former slaves

• getting the 14th Amendment passed