Reconstruction Quiz

When did the time of Reconstruction take place?

• 1865-1877, after the Civil War

• 1820-1860, before the Civil War

• 1861-1865, during the Civil War

Which government organization was created to help newly freed enslaved people adjust to society?

• Black Codes

• the Freedmen's Bureau

• Poll Taxes

• Jim Crow Laws

Which amendment abolished slavery in 1865?

• the 13th Amendment

• the 14th Amendment

• the 15th Amendment

• the 19th Amendment

Which amendment granted citizenship rights to African Americans in 1868?

• the 13th Amendment

• the 14th Amendment

• the 15th Amendment

• the 19th Amendment

Which amendment gave African American men the right to vote in 1870?

• the 13th Amendment

• the 14th Amendment

• the 15th Amendment

• the 19th Amendment

Northerners who moved South during Reconstruction looking to make a profit were called--?

• Carpetbaggers

• Scalawags

• Jim Crows

• Mudslingers

Which system, where African American farmers rented land and paid a profit to white landowners, replaced slavery during Reconstruction?

• Indentured servitude

• Slavery

• Sharecropping

• Subsistence farming

Which laws were created to prevent African Americans from receiving equal rights during Reconstruction?

• Black codes

• the 13th-15th amendments

• the Freedmen's Bureau

• Johnson's Plan

_____ were white Southerners who supported Reconstruction.

• Carpetbaggers

• Scalawags

• Vigilantes

• Scoundrels

What was the main goal of Reconstruction?

• To integrate African Americans fully into Southern society

• To ensure the South paid off all its war debts

• To restore the South to the Union as quickly as possible

• To establish Northern control over the South