SSP Reconstruction Quiz

Reconstruction was the process of readmitting states back into the Union.

• True

• False

Which violates the 15th amendment rights?

• Poll Taxes and Literacy Tests

• Separate public schools

• Prohibiting marriage between races

• Separate waiting rooms

Which amendment declared that slavery was prohibited in the United States?

• 14th

• 12th

• 13th

• 15th

Who was president during Reconstruction, was impeached by the House of Representatives but not removed from office?

• Jackson

• Johnson

• Lincoln

• Washington

Why did the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments need to be passed?

• Northern States passed laws to limit civil rights extended by the amendments

• Northerners wanted to help slaves

• Southerners wanted to help slaves

• Southern States passed laws to limit civil rights extended by the amendments

The 14th Amendment granted...

• freedom of speech

• citizenship and equal protection

• he right to a speedy and fair trial

• the right to vote

Carpetbaggers were...

• Northerners who took advantage of southern economic hardships 

• Newly freed slaves

• Southern Republicans

• Confederate Soldiers

What amnesty plan required at least 10% of the voting population to take the loyalty oath before setting up a state government?

• Lincoln's plan

• Johnson's Plan

• Wade-Davis Bill

• Stevens' plan

System of work for freedmen that traded 50% of grown crops for the use of a house & land

• pastoralism

• tenant farming

• sharecropping

• 40 acres & a mule

Why did sharecroppers remain poor?

• The sun never shone on crops

• They owed money to the landowners, never getting out of debt

• The South flooded during Reconstruction

• Animals ate all the crops