Reconstruction Quiz

How did sharecropping affect farmers in the South during Reconstruction?

• By introducing new technology for growing food

• By expanding the region's dependence on corn production

• By making landowners buy supplies from the government

• By keeping renters in debt to landlords

How were former Confederate leaders treated under the Radical Reconstruction plan?

• They were denied citizenship because it was believed they had started the war.

• They were required to enlist in the U.S. Army for two years.

• They were denied the ability to obtain political positions.

• They were allowed to obtain federal loans to help restore the cotton industry.

Freedmen’s Bureau - Provided food, shelter, and clothing - Negotiated and enforced labor contracts - ? Which of the following best completes this list?

• Established schools

• Certified applications for political office

• Granted small-business loans

• Provided funds for farming supplies

After the Civil War, southern states adopted Black Codes to —

• punish plantation owners for the use of slavery

• support Radical Reconstruction objectives in the South

• promote the activities of the Freedmen’s Bureau

• limit the impact of the Thirteenth Amendment

What was one long-term consequence of the sharecropping system?

• Agricultural workers organized labor unions.

• Many former slaves became trapped in a cycle of debt.

• Many agricultural workers moved to cities to start small businesses.

• Landowners sold property to pay wages to former slaves.

What was one effect of the Fifteenth Amendment?

• Immigrants faced less discrimination.

• Black voters helped bring the Republican Party to power in the South.

• Electors selected the president and vice president on separate ballots.

• American Indian tribal land was divided into individual plots.

Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. —Thirteenth Amendment, U.S. Constitution What was an IMMEDIATE effect of this amendment?

• Many plantation owners attempted to recapture former slaves.

• Many plantation owners were forced to give land to former slaves.

• Many former slaves became sharecroppers to earn a living.

• Many former slaves were awarded money by former Confederate leaders.

How did southern states respond to the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment?

• By creating a segregated public education system

• By shutting down all remaining offices of Freedmen’s Bureau

• By imposing requirements designed to deny African Americans the right to vote

• By forcing African Americans to work as tenant farmers and sharecroppers

What was a direct result of the Fifteenth Amendment?

• African American men gained the right to vote.

• Women gained the right to vote.

• Native Americans gained citizenship rights.

• Immigrants gained the right to vote.

The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution affected the lives of millions of African Americans by —

• providing them with voting rights

• guaranteeing their freedom of speech

• providing them with access to the court system

• guaranteeing their permanent freedom from slavery