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Reconstruction of America after the Civil War

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1
In what year did the Confederacy surrender?
1865
1864
1866
1867
2
Who assassinated President Lincoln?
Lee Harvey Oswald
John Wilkes Booth
V.P. Johnson
It was suicide
3
What is one thing the Reconstruction Act of 1867 did?
Put Congress in charge of Reconstruction
Divided the south into five military districts
Abolished slavery
Protected the voting rights of African Americans
4
What did the 13th amendment do?
Abolished slavery
Gave rights to former slaves
Gave women rights
Prevented states from succeeding again
5
What did the 15th amendment do?
Gave women rights
Gave all men the right to vote
Abolished slavery
Banned the consumption of alcohol
6
What did the 14th amendment do?
Established civil rights
Gave all male citizens the right to vote
Abolished slavery
Gave the order to assassinate President Lincoln
7
What is a carpetbagger?
A person who reuses old carpet to make bags
A Southerner in the Republican Party
A Southerner that moved to the North for Reconstruction
A Northerner that moved to the South for Reconstruction
8
Who took over after the assassination of President Lincoln?
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Lyndon Johnson
9
What did the Reconstruction act of 1870 do?
Protected rights of African Americans
Gave Federal Government power to enforce the 15th amendment
Forced the Confederacy to surrender
Expanded Freedman's Bureau
10
What is sharecropping?
Slaves were forced to work crops with no share
Canned food drives for hungry people
Giving poor white men a larger share of crops
Giving land and receiving part of the crops