Class 8314 Unit Test on Reconstruction

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The period of rebuilding the South after the Civil War was known as

• The Renaissance
• The Gilded Age
• Reconstruction
• The Industrial Revolution

Even before the Civil War ended, President Lincoln worried about rebuilding the South. As early as 1863, Lincoln outlined a Reconstruction plan. What does the word reconstruction mean?

• Tear down
• Take over
• To rebuild
• To destroy

After the Civil War, the purpose of adding the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Constitution was to

• grant civil and political rights to Native American Indians
• allow women to become full citizens
• guarantee African Americans equal treatment under the law
• extend constitutional rights to new territories

The following amendment

• gave former slaves land to begin farms
• made former slaves citizens and gave them rights
• gave black men the right to vote
• abolished slavery

Base your answer to the question on the image below and your knowledge of Social Studies. Which group is represented in the following drawing?

• The Ku Klux Klan
• Confederate Generals
• members of the Freedmen's Bureau
• Southern Democrats

How did the KKK react to the topic presented in this cartoon?

During Reconstruction, the Black Codes passed by Southern states were attempts to

• deny equal rights to African Americans
• provide land to former slaves
• repeal the Jim Crow laws
• punish former Confederate leaders

Base your answer to the question on the image below and on your knowledge of social studies. The main goal of the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction was to

• prevent African Americans from exercising their rights.
• restore the Confederacy.
• gain control of the state legislatures.
• improve conditions for poor whites.