1. Although the 15th Amendment was added to insure the voting rights of African-American citizens, this right was restricted by states' – (5.1,5.2;8.1,8.2,8.3 )
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A. voter identification laws.
B. repealing the 14th Amendment.
C. adding land ownership requirements.
D. use of literacy tests and poll taxes.
2. The U.S. Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896) determined that segregation was legal under the condition that – (5.1,5.2;8.1,8.2,8.3 )
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A. all children receive permission to attend the same school.
B. whites receive higher quality facilities and services than blacks.
C. the segregation laws did not spread outside of the Southern states.
D. the separate facilities or services for both races be of equal quality.
3. What agency was created by the United States Congress in 1865 to set up schools and churches, supply food and clothing, and solve employment issues for the former slaves? – (5.1,5.2;8.1,8.2,8.3 )
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A. the Ku Klux Klan
B. the Freedmen's Bureau
C. the American Missionary Association
D. the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
4. Which statement BEST describes Abraham Lincoln's "10 Percent Plan"? – (5.1,5.2;8.1,8.2,8.3 )
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A. It was his plan for creating a national income tax.
B. It was his plan to re-admit Southern states into the Union.
C. It was his plan to invade only 10% of the South.
D. It was his plan to free 10% of American slaves as an experiment.
5. Which BEST describes the benefits of sharecropping in southern states following the Civil War? – (5.1,5.2;8.1,8.2,8.3 )
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A. Sharecropping proved to be very effective in giving "40 acres and a mule" to all former slaves.
B. Sharecropping allowed the federal government to equally divide land between freed slaves and landowners.
C. Sharecropping gave freed slaves a chance to earn a living and gave landowners a much needed labor force.
D. Sharecropping introduced a more efficient way to use agricultural lands and produce larger amounts of certain crops.
6. This picture shows a US Senator named Carl Schurz during Reconstruction. The bag he is carrying says "carpetbagger." Who was a carpetbagger? – (5.1,5.2;8.1,8.2,8.3 )
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A. someone who supported the South's new government
B. someone who was against African Americans being free
C. someone who came from the North to the South after the war
D. someone who refused to cooperate with the federal government
Read the description and select the key term that best matches it. – (5.1,5.2;8.1,8.2,8.3 )
7. Special laws passed by southern state governments immediately after the Civil War. They were designed to control former slaves, and to subvert the intent of the Thirteenth Amendment.
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15th Amendment
Black Codes
Compromise of 1877
Grandfather Clause
Jim Crow Laws
Literacy Test
Poll Tax
Thirteenth Amendment
8. Laws requiring that facilities and accommodations, public and private, be segregated by race.
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15th Amendment
Black Codes
Compromise of 1877
Grandfather Clause
Jim Crow Laws
Literacy Test
Poll Tax
Thirteenth Amendment
9. This was the solution to the contested Presidential election of 1876 and furthermore brought an end to the period of Reconstruction following the Civil War.
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15th Amendment
Black Codes
Compromise of 1877
Grandfather Clause
Jim Crow Laws
Literacy Test
Poll Tax
Thirteenth Amendment
10. This payment was meant to keep certain groups of people (mainly former slaves and African-Americans) from being allowed to vote.
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15th Amendment
Black Codes
Compromise of 1877
Grandfather Clause
Jim Crow Laws
Literacy Test
Poll Tax
Thirteenth Amendment
11. This was administered to poor blacks in order to attempt to keep them from voting in many parts of the American south for close to 100 years following the Civil War.
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15th Amendment
Black Codes
Compromise of 1877
Grandfather Clause
Jim Crow Laws
Literacy Test
Poll Tax
Thirteenth Amendment
12. This Reconstruction era policy gave voting rights only to people whose grandfathers had been legally allowed to vote, thus excluded freedmen from voting.
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15th Amendment
Black Codes
Compromise of 1877
Grandfather Clause
Jim Crow Laws
Literacy Test
Poll Tax
Thirteenth Amendment
13. Amendment to the United States Constitution abolishing and prohibiting slavery. "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
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15th Amendment
Black Codes
Compromise of 1877
Grandfather Clause
Jim Crow Laws
Literacy Test
Poll Tax
Thirteenth Amendment
14. This organization was founded in 1909 to fight for equal rights for African Americans and has played a significant role in the Civil Rights Movement.
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A. the Ku Klux Klan
B. the Freedmen's Bureau
C. the American Missionary Association
D. the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
1. The right to vote for African-American citizens, as ensured by the 15th Amendment, was restricted by states' use of literacy tests and poll taxes.
2. The U.S. Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) determined that segregation was legal under the condition that the separate facilities or services for both races be of equal quality.
3. The agency created by the United States Congress in 1865 to set up schools and churches, supply food and clothing, and solve employment issues for the former slaves was the Freedmen's Bureau.
4. Abraham Lincoln's "10 Percent Plan" was his plan to re-admit Southern states into the Union.
5. The benefits of sharecropping in southern states following the Civil War were that it gave freed slaves a chance to earn a living and gave landowners a much-needed labor force.
6. A carpetbagger was someone who came from the North to the South after the war.
7. Black Codes were special laws passed by southern state governments immediately after the Civil War, designed to control former slaves and subvert the intent of the Thirteenth Amendment.
8. Jim Crow Laws were laws requiring that facilities and accommodations, public and private, be segregated by race.
9. The Compromise of 1877 was the solution to the contested Presidential election of 1876 and brought an end to the period of Reconstruction following the Civil War.
10. Poll taxes were payments meant to keep certain groups of people, mainly former slaves and African-Americans, from being allowed to vote.
11. Literacy tests were administered to poor blacks in order to attempt to keep them from voting in many parts of the American South for close to 100 years following the Civil War.
12. The Grandfather Clause was a Reconstruction era policy that gave voting rights only to people whose grandfathers had been legally allowed to vote, thus excluding freedmen from voting.
13. The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished and prohibited slavery.
1. The correct answer is D. use of literacy tests and poll taxes.
To determine this, you can eliminate options A, B, and C as they are not correct. To be sure, you can research the purpose and effects of voter identification laws, repealing the 14th Amendment, and adding land ownership requirements and see that they are not directly related to the restriction of African-American citizens' voting rights. However, if you research about the discriminatory practices used to restrict voting rights during that time period, you will find that literacy tests and poll taxes were commonly used by states to disenfranchise African-American citizens.
2. The correct answer is D. the separate facilities or services for both races be of equal quality.
To determine this, you can eliminate options A, B, and C as they do not accurately reflect the condition set by the U.S. Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson. To be sure, you can research the details of the case and its impact on segregation laws. You will find that the court ruled in favor of "separate but equal" facilities, which meant that as long as the facilities or services provided for both races were of equal quality, segregation was legal.
3. The correct answer is B. the Freedmen's Bureau.
To determine this, you can eliminate options A, C, and D as they are not correct. To be sure, you can research the different agencies and organizations created during that time period to assist the former slaves. You will find that the Freedmen's Bureau was specifically created by the United States Congress in 1865 to provide various forms of assistance to African-Americans, including setting up schools and churches, supplying food and clothing, and solving employment issues.
4. The correct answer is B. It was his plan to re-admit Southern states into the Union.
To determine this, you can eliminate options A, C, and D as they do not accurately describe Abraham Lincoln's "10 Percent Plan." To be sure, you can research the details of Lincoln's plan and its purpose. You will find that the plan was aimed at the re-admission of Southern states into the Union by setting a lenient requirement that only 10% of voters in a state needed to take an oath of loyalty to the Union for the state to be re-established.
5. The correct answer is C. Sharecropping gave freed slaves a chance to earn a living and gave landowners a much-needed labor force.
To determine this, you can eliminate options A, B, and D as they do not accurately describe the benefits of sharecropping. To be sure, you can research the system of sharecropping and its impact on both freed slaves and landowners. You will find that sharecropping provided an opportunity for freed slaves to work on land in exchange for a share of the crops produced, giving them a chance to earn a living. At the same time, it provided landowners with a source of labor after the abolition of slavery.
6. The correct answer is C. someone who came from the North to the South after the war.
To determine this, you can eliminate options A, B, and D as they are not accurate descriptions of a carpetbagger. To be sure, you can research the term carpetbagger and its historical context during the Reconstruction era. You will find that a carpetbagger refers to a person who moved from the North to the South after the Civil War, often with political or economic motivations.
7. The correct answer is Black Codes.
8. The correct answer is Jim Crow Laws.
9. The correct answer is Compromise of 1877.
10. The correct answer is Poll Tax.
11. The correct answer is Literacy Test.
12. The correct answer is Grandfather Clause.
13. The correct answer is Thirteenth Amendment.