US Reconstruction Era

Question 1

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution formally abolished slavery throughout the United States?

Accepted Answer

13th Amendment

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14th Amendment

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15th Amendment

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16th Amendment

Question 2

What was the primary purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau, established in 1865?

Accepted Answer

To assist freed slaves and poor whites in transitioning to freedom

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To enforce Black Codes in Southern states

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To redistribute Confederate land to Union soldiers

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To oversee elections in the former Confederate states

Question 3

President Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction was called the '10 Percent Plan' because it required what?

Accepted Answer

Ten percent of a state's 1860 voters to swear loyalty oaths before rejoining the Union

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Ten percent of Confederate soldiers to surrender their arms

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Ten percent of Confederate land to be redistributed to freed slaves

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Ten percent of federal taxes from Southern states to fund Reconstruction

Question 4

What were 'Black Codes' enacted by Southern states after the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Laws restricting the rights and freedoms of freed Black Americans

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Secret signals used by the Underground Railroad

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Regulations governing the conduct of Union soldiers in the South

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Codes protecting the civil rights of formerly enslaved people

Question 5

The 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868, is best known for guaranteeing what?

Accepted Answer

Citizenship and equal protection under the law to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S.

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The right to vote regardless of race

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The abolition of slavery

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Freedom of speech and religion for all citizens

Question 6

What was the derogatory term used for Northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction, often for political or economic gain?

Accepted Answer

Carpetbaggers

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Scalawags

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Copperheads

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Freedmen

Question 7

Which of the following best describes 'sharecropping' as practiced in the post-Civil War South?

Accepted Answer

A system where tenant farmers paid landowners with a portion of their harvested crops

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A government program that gave freed slaves ownership of former plantation land

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A form of cooperative farming among freed Black communities

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A Northern investment scheme in Southern agricultural land