The Reconstruction Era

This is a farmer who rents a plot of land from another person and farms it in exchange for a share of the crop.

• homesteader

• freedman

• sharecropper

• granger

The right to a trial by jury, the freedom of religion and the right to equal protection under the law are all examples of...

• civil rights

• political rights

• economic rights

• items on the Democratic agenda during Reconstruction

officially allow someone who has been found guilty of a crime to go free without being punished.

• sequester

• veto

• impeach

• pardon

Which of the following is the clearest example of white supremacy during Reconstruction

• The Enforcement Acts of 1870

• the Black Codes

• the Radical Republican agenda

• The Civil Rights Act of 1966

The 13th Amendment to the Constitution...

• gave citizenship to everyone born in the United States and protected them equally under the law.

• stated that the right to vote could not be taken away from citizens because of their race or former servitude.

• banned slavery in the United States.

• gave women the right to vote in federal elections

The 14th Amendment to the Constitution...

• gave citizenship to everyone born in the United States and protected them equally under the law.

• stated that the right to vote could not be taken away from citizens because of their race or former servitude.

• banned slavery in the United States.

• gave women the right to vote in federal elections

The 15th Amendment to the Constitution...

• gave citizenship to everyone born in the United States and protected them equally under the law.

• stated that the right to vote could not be taken away from citizens because of their race or former servitude.

• banned slavery in the United States.

• gave women the right to vote in federal elections

What label was given to Republican members of Congress during Reconstruction who wanted to ensure that freedmen received the right to vote.

• Black Republicans

• Liberal Republicans

• Log Cabin Republicans

• Radical Republicans

A scalawag is

• a white Southerner who supported the Radical Republicans during Reconstruction.

• a white Southerner who supported the Democrats during Reconstruction.

• an uncomplimentary nick-name for a northerner who went to the South after the Civil War.

• an uncomplimentary nick-name for a southerner who went to the North after the Civil War.

President Johnson's Reconstruction plan

• forced Southern states to recognize the end of slavery and give freed people the right to vote.

• forced 50% of the population of Southern states to swear loyalty to the Union.

• allowed Southern states to create new governments that were similar to their pre-Civil War governments.

• placed Southern states under military rule.