Reconstruction Quiz Questions

1. What was the purpose of the Reconstruction?

A To rebuild the industry of the northern states B To keep the southern states from becoming powerful again C To tax the southern states as punishment for the war D To help the southern states become a part of the Union again.

2. Which of the following was NOT part of the plan that Abraham Lincoln had for Reconstruction?

A That any southerner who took an oath to the Union would be given a pardon B That only 10% of voters in a state had to agree to support the Union C That the plantation owners of the South could keep their slaves for five years D That all states had to agree to outlaw slavery

3. Was President Johnson easier or harder on the Southern states and President Lincoln?

A About the same B He had no opinion C Harder D Easier

4. What were the Black Codes?

A Codes that black people in the South had to live by or they would lose their freedom. B Civil Rights laws that made it easier for former slaves to adapt to their new lives. C Laws made by Lincoln to protect former slaves. D Laws in the South that made it difficult for black people to get jobs, vote, and go to school.

5. Which amendment to the US Constitution outlawed slavery in all of the United States?

A 5th B 13th C 1st D 4th

6. What did the 15th amendment to the Constitution guarantee?

A The right for all men to vote regardless of race B The right for all people to be free from slavery C That all men and women were protected equally by the law regardless of race D The right to a fair trial

7. What was the first southern state to be readmitted to the Union?

A Tennessee B Georgia C North Carolina D Virginia

8. What year was the last southern state finally readmitted into the Union and the United States was truly united again?

A 1871 B 1870 C 1867 D 1865

9. Who were carpetbaggers?

A Southerners who became republicans B Northerners who were against the Civil War C Southerners who moved to the North to escape the rebuilding D Northerners who moved to South to make money off of the Reconstruction

10. True or False: When the reconstruction ended, many of the Civil Rights laws were reversed by the new state governments.

A FALSE B TRUE