Edwards Social Studies Quiz

What is Reconstruction?

• Laws that segregated races

• The effort to rejoin the South to the Union

• An Act passed by Congress that helped Southerners

• The Act that freed slaves

When did Reconstruction take place

• 2001

• 1967-1984

• 1863-1877

• 1745-1750

What is another name for the Freedmen's Bureau?

• The Bureau of the South

• The Bureau of Reconstruction

• The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands

• The Bureau of the Union

What did the 13th Amendment do?

• It gave women the right to vote

• It made slavery illegal

• It rewarded lands to freedmen

• It granted citizenship to those born on U.S soil

What is sharecropping?

• A landowner rents out his land in exchange for crops

• Crops are transported over state lines

• Crops are loaned out to family and friends

• Land is split between two people by the government

Select the Jim Crow law.

• Children cannot share books

• Men and women cannot have the same hairdresser

• Restaurants require shoes and shirt for service

• Children of different races cannot attend the same schools

What does the 14th Amendment do?

• Granted citizenship and rights to those born on American soil

• Granted voting rights to African Americans

• Slavery is illegal

• Children of different races cannot share books

What was something the Freedmen's Bureau did?

• Hosted games to bring communities together

• Granted marriage licenses to African-Americans

• Wrote music to uplift Southern spirits

• Granted citizenship to people from Europe

What did the 15th Amendment do?

• Gave women the right to vote

• Build schools and churches

• Made slavery illegal

• Gave African American the right to vote