Quiz #2: Mod 10.3

Newly freed African Americans had which of the following new opportunities during Reconstruction?

• The right to vote and access to public education

• Ownership of large plantations

• Full social equality with whites

• Unrestricted access to political office in all states

African Americans participated in the economy after the war by:

• working as sharecroppers and laborers

• owning large plantations

• serving as government officials only

• refusing to work in agriculture

Few tenant farmers were able to buy their own land because:

• they could not save enough money to purchase land.

• they were given land for free by landowners.

• they preferred to rent rather than own land.

• they were not interested in owning land.

Summarize the social changes African Americans experienced during Reconstruction.

• African Americans gained new rights and opportunities, including the right to vote and access to education.

• African Americans lost all their rights and were forced to return to slavery.

• African Americans were given land and wealth equal to white citizens immediately after the Civil War.

• African Americans were not affected by any changes during Reconstruction.

Summarize the political changes African Americans experienced during Reconstruction.

• African Americans gained the right to vote and hold public office.

• African Americans lost all political rights during Reconstruction.

• African Americans were not affected by any political changes during Reconstruction.

• African Americans were only allowed to work on farms during Reconstruction.

Summarize the economic changes African Americans experienced during Reconstruction.

• African Americans gained some economic independence through sharecropping and wage labor.

• African Americans became wealthy landowners across the South.

• African Americans were not allowed to work or own property during Reconstruction.

• African Americans experienced no change in their economic status during Reconstruction.

Which of the following best describes the challenges African Americans faced when trying to own land during Reconstruction?

• They could easily buy large plantations.

• They were not interested in owning land.

• They were freely given land by the government.

• They often lacked the financial resources to purchase land.

​ (a)   , were laws that ​ (b)   African Americans’ social, political and economic ​ (c)   during ​ (d)   in the South.

• Black Codes
• restricted
• freedoms
• Reconstruction

Black codes deprived African Americans of (check all that apply)

• the right to marry white people

• the right to serve on juries

• the right to own or carry weapons

• The right to vote

• The right to travel freely without permission