Reconstruction Quiz

What was the purpose of the Reconstruction?

• To tax the southern states as punishment for the war

• To help the southern states become a part of the Union again

• To keep the southern states from becoming powerful again

• To rebuild the industry of the northern states

• To build up the west as a replacement to the south

Which of the following was NOT part of the plan that Abraham Lincoln had for Reconstruction?

• That only 10% of voters in a state had to agree to support the Union

• That all states had to agree to outlaw slavery

• That any southerner who took an oath to the Union would be given a pardon

• That the plantation owners of the South could keep their slaves for five years

• That the process for rejoining the Union should be easy and lenient

Was President Johnson easier or harder on the Southern states than President Lincoln?

• Easier

• Harder

• About the same

• He had no opinion

• President who?

What were the Black Codes?

• Laws made by Lincoln to protect former slaves

• Codes that black people in the South had to live by or they would lose their freedom.

• Laws in the South that made it difficult for black people to get jobs, vote, and go to school.

• Civil Rights laws that made it easier for former slaves to adapt to their new lives.

• Top secret encoding methods used for messages during the Civil War.

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution outlawed slavery in all of the United States?.

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 19th

• 21st

What did the 15th amendment to the Constitution guarantee?

• The right for all people to be free from slavery

• That all men and women were protected equally by the law regardless of race

• The right to a fair trial

• The right to free speech

• The right for all men to vote regardless of race

What was the first southern state to be readmitted to the Union?

• Georgia

• North Carolina

• Virginia

• Tennessee

• Alabama

What year was the last southern state finally readmitted into the Union and the United States was truly united again?

• 1865

• 1867

• 1870

• 1871

• 1876

Who were carpetbaggers?

• Southerners who moved to the North to escape the rebuilding

• Northerners who moved to South to make money off of the Reconstruction

• Southerners who became republicans

• Northerners who were against the Civil War

• Northerners who opened schools to teach black children in the South

True or False: When the reconstruction ended, many of the Civil Rights laws were reversed by the new state governments.

• TRUE

• FALSE