ICT Reconstruction Quiz

The term Reconstruction means...

• to rebuild the South after the Civil War.

• To rebuild the lives of enslaved people after the Civil War.

• To rebuild in the North after the Civil War

Who wanted to punish the Confederate (southern) states during Reconstruction?

• President Abraham Lincoln

• President Andrew Johnson

• The Radical Republicans

Which of the following amendments abolished (got rid of) slavery?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

Which of the following amendments gave African Americans citizenship?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

Which of the following amendments gave African Americans the right to vote?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

Who are "freedmen"?

• African Americans who were enslaved after the Civil War

• African Americans who were freed from slavery after the Civil War

• African Americans who worked as factory workers in the late 1700s 

Radical Republicans were

• Congressmen who wanted to change the South.

• Congressmen who supported Andrew Johnson.

• ex-confederate (southern) soldiers.

Which of the following was NOT a goal of Radical Republicans?

• Punish the South

• Give rights and help to African Americans

• Reunite the country as quickly as possible.

Why did the Reconstruction Acts of 1867 send military troops to the South?

• To end the Civil War once and for all

• To ensure African Americans received equal treatment in the South

• To protect ex-confederates (southerners)

What was the Ten Percent Plan?

• 10% of the North had agree to allow the South back into the Union.

• 10% of a state's population had to pledge loyalty to the Union.

• 10% of Congress had to agree to allow the South back into the Union