Reconstruction Era Quiz

What happened as a result of the civil war?

When was the era of Reconstruction?

What agency was designed to aid freed slaves and relieve the south from their needs?

What was President Lincoln’s main goal for the reconstruction?

In 1863, who issued the “Ten-Percent Plan”?

What limited the rights of African Americans?

What was the act passed in 1866 that was sought to over run the black codes?

This guaranteed full citizenship status and rights to every american citizen including African Americans.

The Klu Klux Klan were a group that helped and supported African Americans

Share-cropping was a way of

What event ended the reconstruction era permanently?

_________ made African Americans second class citizens.

The Jim Crow Laws were to keep blacks and whites seperated from each other.

What was the purpose of these”Literacy Tests”?

Why were poll taxes required in order to vote?

The Grandfather clause is only valid when the persons ancestor voted prior to

The de facto segregation is a custom/practice that limits where the blacks could live

What act guarnateed train rights and publicity rights to blacks?

W.E.B Dubois was born into slavery in 1862

Which U.S. president began the era known as Presidential Reconstruction?

Which term describes Southern whites who supported Radical Reconstruction?

The president that began the reconstruction era is