Edited Reconstruction/Western Expansion review

The strengthening of the federal government and ending slavery were

• the causes of the Civil War

• events of the Civil War

• consequences of the Civil War

• why the Confederacy lost the war

Ended slavery in the United States

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

Provided citizenship and equal protection of the laws to all born in the United States.

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

Radical Republicans

• Wanted Southern states to rejoin the Union quickly

• Persuaded President Johnson to pardon Confederate leaders

• Opposed the 14th Amendment

• Wanted to punish the South for seceding

Which of these was a task of the Freedmen's Bureau?

• It set up "return to Africa" trips for former slaves.
• It helped transition Native Americans to city and industrial life.
• It created jobs for newly arrived immigrants to the United States
• It established schools for newly-freed slaves

A tax that had to be paid before a citizen was able to vote

• Poll tax
• Vote tax
• Literacy tax
• Segregation tax

laws enacted by Southern state and local governments to separate white and black people in public and private facilities. 

• Racist
• Prejudice
• Discrimination
• Jim Crow Laws

Which of the following is true about sharecropping 

• Most southern states outlawed sharecropping
• Many freedmen were able to buy new homes through sharecropping
• Most sharecroppers remained in debt or in a cycle of poverty
• Many state governments offered loan for sharecropping farmers.

Which of the following describes the relationship between Jim Crow and Plessy v. Ferguson?

• Jim Crow segregation laws compelled Plessy to protest segregated trains.

• Jim Crow segregation laws were made possible by the Plessy v. Ferguson decision.

• Plessy v. Ferguson hoped to end the segregation common during Jim Crow.

• Plessy v. Ferguson made Jim Crow laws widely accepted, but not officially legal.

Railroad owners wanted more people to settle on the Great Plains because...

• farmers would use the railroads to ship products to markets in the cities
• they needed more people to build railroad tracks
• they needed sharecroppers to farm the land owned by the railroads
• settlers would grow cotton and ship it to the south