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Why was the Freedman's Bureau put in place?
a) To provide former slaves and poor white with basic needs
b) To fight for freedom for the Southern states under military rule
c) To help plantation owners rebuild their farms
d) A plan to punish the south for seceding

Why did the federal government pass the 13th-15th Amendments?
a) States started to pass Black Codes that limited the rights of blacks
b) The North wanted to punish the south for seceding from the Union
c) The north wanted to maintain the balance of power in the south
d) Because the KKK was fighting for black rights

Which statement BEST describes the differences between sharecropping and tenant farming?
a) Sharecroppers received a percentage of the crops produced, allowing them to set aside cash money to purchase their own land,
b) Tenant farmers received a cash salary or wage for their farm work, while sharecroppers received only a portion of the crops
c) Tenant farmers earned equity or an interest in the land they worked from year to year so that eventually they would own their
d) Sharecroppers owned nothing but their labor, while tenant farmers owned farm animals and equipment to use in working other pe

What amendment did white legislators use to expel Henry McNeal Turner from office?
a) 14th Amendment; b/c it did not specifically state that blacks could hold political office
b) 13th Amendment; b/c slaves were just free but could not have certain jobs
c) 15th; b/c freed slaves had the right to vote, but not hold office
d) 1st Amendment; stating that freed slaves did not have the right to freedom of speech

According to Lincoln's Reconstruction plan, which group of southerns would be pardoned after taking an oath of allegiance?
a) former soldiers and prisoners of war
b) high ranking civil and military leaders
c) government officials
d) Confederate Generals

Which statement is true about the 13th-15th Amendments?
a) 13th-abolished slavery, 14-gave equal protection to all citizens, 15-All males the right to vote
b) 13-abolished slavery-14th-gave males the right to vote-15-gave equal protection to all citizens
c) 13th- gave equal protection under the law, 14th- abolished slavery, 15th-gave all males the right to vote
d) 13th-gave males the right to vote, 14th- gave equal protection to all citizens, 15th- abolished slavery

The 14th Amendment to the US Constitution was passed in response to
a) The adoption of laws known as black codes by the southern states
b) The rising violence from terrorist organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan
c) The refusal of white southerns to provide freedmen with land and farm animals
d) The refusal of some southern states to adopt constitutional provisions calling for end to slavery and involuntary servitude

Why would the Ku Klux Klan abuse, terrorize, and murder blacks?
a) In order for whites to gain social control of the state
b) In order to help the Freedman's Bureau
c) To punish the North for freeing the slaves
d) They wanted to kick the blacks out of office

Under Johnson's Reconstruction Plan, which amendment had to be passed before a state could reenter the Union?
a) 13th-abolishing slavery
b) 14th-allowing equal protection for all citizens
c) 15th-allowing all men to vote
d) 15th-allowing blacks to own property

Why was Lincoln's Reconstruction never enacted?
a) The plan did not become effective before Lincoln was assassinated
b) The plan was too easy for the South
c) The Wade-Davis bill took its place
d) The plan did not have the support of the states

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