The Reconstruction Era Quiz! Trivia
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- 1.What was Reconstruction?
- A.
Time of rebuilding the nation after the Civil War
- B.
Time of creating buildings after the Civil War
- C.
Time of building more railroads after the Civil War
- D.
Time of building more factories after the Civil War
- 2.What was the 13th Amendment?
- A.
Gave woman the right to vote
- B.
Gave black men the right to vote
- C.
Ended slavery
- D.
Gave black men citizenship
- 3.What was the 14th Amendment?
- A.
Gave women the right to vote
- B.
Gave black men the right to vote
- C.
Ended slavery
- D.
Gave black men citizenship
- 4.What was the 15th Amendment?
- A.
Gave women the right to vote
- B.
Gave black men the right to vote
- C.
Ended slavery
- D.
Gave black men citizenship
- 5.What is segregation?
- A.
Separation of men
- B.
Separation of the races
- C.
Separation of children
- D.
Separation of women
- 6.What were black codes?
- A.
Laws to control blacks
- B.
Laws to control women
- C.
Laws to control men
- D.
Laws to control children
- 7.Sharecropping and Tenant Farming were very similar to?
- A.
Indentured servanthood
- B.
Slavery
- C.
Colonialism
- D.
Industrialization
- 8.The Freedmen's Bureau provided all the following services to former slaves and poor whites except:
- A.
Schools
- B.
Job and job training
- C.
Food
- D.
Guns
- 9.Which of the ideas below did the Radical Republicans believe in?
- A.
More freedoms for African Americans
- B.
Leniency for former Confederate soldiers
- C.
Slowing down Reconstruction
- D.
Preventing African Americans from holding office
- 10.Which person was one of the first African Americans elected to the U.S. Senate?
- A.
Tunis Campbell
- B.
Austin Dabney
- C.
Henry McNeal Turner
- D.
Andrew Johnson
- 11.Why did the Supreme Court allow Southern states to practice segregation?
- A.
They decided it was an issue of states' rights
- B.
They allowed it if accommodations were "separate but equal"
- C.
The justices said black codes were illegal and banned them
- D.
They believed it would decrease violence
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