Section 2: Chapter 17 Reconstruction and Its Aftermath

What was the main aim of the Black Codes?

• To promote equality

• To control freed men and women and allow plantation owners to exploit African American workers

• To support African American businesses

• To provide education to African Americans.

Under the Black Codes, some laws allowed local officials to arrest and fine unemployed African Americans. What was the intended outcome?

• To help them find jobs

• To make them work for whites for free to pay their debts

• To educate them

• To relocate them.

The Black Codes were laws that aimed to control which group?

• Plantation owners

• Freed men and women

• Local officials

• Orphaned children

In early 1866, Congress extended the life of the Freedmen’s Bureau. What new power was granted?

• Set up special courts

• Provide African Americans with land

• Abolish slavery

• Establish schools

The Fourteenth Amendment was interpreted as not including members of which group until 1924?

• A) African Americans

• B) Native American tribes

• C) Women

• D) Immigrants

What did Congress require Southern states to do to be readmitted to the Union according to the Fourteenth Amendment?

• Pay a fine

• Ratify the Amendment

• Ignore the Amendment

• Declare independence

Which group exercised their right to vote during the readmission of Southern states?

• White Southerners

• African Americans

• Republicans

• Democrats

Which of the following states was not among the seven that met the conditions for readmission in 1868?

• Alabama

• Florida

• Georgia

• Kentucky

Many white Southerners refused to take part in the elections for what purpose?

• Presidential elections

• Constitutional Conventions and state government

• Local council

• School board

Fill in the blank: In 1868, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, and South Carolina were ______ to the Union.

• A) expelled

• B) restored

• C) denied

• D) ignored