Reconstruction Practice #5

Which Texas city is mentioned in the reading passage?

Why did the conductor lock the door of the coach?

Based on the passage, was the conductor successful in keeping the author’s mother out of a first-class car? Explain.

Based on the situation described in the reading passage, was the Fourteenth Amendment effective?

Which statements explain the significance of the Constitution of 1876? Select TWO correct answers.

• It withdrew Texas from the United States.
• It created a new plan of government in Texas.
• It protected the rights and freedoms of Texans.
• It implemented Jim Crow laws across Texas.
• It required African Americans to farm cotton.

During Reconstruction, __________________________________________ was still the most important industry of the Texas economy.

• Agriculture
• Black Codes
• Fifteenth Amendment
• Fourteenth Amendment
• Slavery

The ________________________________________________ granted suffrage to African American men.

• Fifteenth Amendment
• Black Codes
• Fourteenth Amendment
• Slavery
• Agriculture

__________________________________________________ were laws that attempted to limit the impact of the Thirteenth Amendment.

• Black Codes
• Fifteenth Amendment
• Fourteenth Amendment
• Slavery
• Agriculture

The Texas legislature and most of the South refused to ratify the ________________________________________________.

• Fourteenth Amendment
• Black Codes
• Fifteenth Amendment
• Slavery
• Agriculture

___________________________________________________ was a heavily debated issue prior to the Civil War.

• Slavery
• Black Codes
• Fifteenth Amendment
• Fourteenth Amendment
• Agriculture