L25 Reconstruction Era

The Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson established the concept of

• illegal segregation

• separate but equal

• don't ask, don't tell

• supporting extreme change

Which of these was a lasting effect of the Freedmen's Bureau?

• A. job security

• B. land distribution

• C. free medical care

• D. education

What was the purpose of the Black Codes?

• A. to control freed people

• B. to provide fair wages to freed peopld

• C. to reconstruct the plantation system

• D. to teach reading skills to freed people

What was the purpose of the Thirteenth Amendment?

• A. to abolish slavery

• B. to provide citizenship to former slaves

• C. to allow freedmen to run for office

• D. to legislate fair treatment of all citizens

What does the Fourteenth Amendment guarantee to citizens?

• A. the right to vote

• B. the right to medical care

• C. equal protection of the law

• D. separate but equal public facilities

What was the purpose of the Fifteenth Amendment?

• A. to give all citizens the right to vote

• B. to provide education for all citizens

• C. to raise taxes to repair damage to the South

• D. to protect the voting rights of African American men

Why was the Ku Klux Klan formed?

• A. to integrate Southern schools

• B. to end government corruption

• C. to return white Democrats to power

• D. to protect the voting rights of Southerners

Why did Southern Democrats pass Jim Crow laws?

• A. to assure equal education for all

• B. to encourage Southerners to move to the North

• C. to separate African Americans and whites in public life

• D. to prevent unqualified African Americans from voting

What was an effect of Southern poll tax laws?

• A. African Americans were denied voting rights.

• B. Money was raised to fund public education.

• C. Public funding of small businesses increased.

• D. Southern Democrats were voted out of office.

How did African Americans who remained in the South improve their lives?

• A. They depended upon government welfare.

• B. They worked together to build communities.

• C. They received money from relatives in the North.

• D. They conducted violent protests to obtain rights.