#1
Who was the President of the United States during the Reconstruction Era?
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
Thomas Jefferson
#2
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery?
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
16th Amendment
#3
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States, including former slaves?
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
16th Amendment
#4
Which constitutional amendment guaranteed the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude?
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
16th Amendment
#5
Which Reconstruction-era amendment prohibited the denial of voting rights based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude?
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
16th Amendment
#6
What was the main goal of the Reconstruction Era?
To rebuild the Southern economy
To reunify the country after the Civil War
To expand the rights of African Americans
To punish the Southern states
#7
Which government agency was established to assist newly freed African Americans after the Civil War?
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Freedmen's Bureau
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
#8
Which Reconstruction Act divided the South into military districts?
First Reconstruction Act
Second Reconstruction Act
Third Reconstruction Act
Fourth Reconstruction Act
#9
Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, thus affecting the Reconstruction process?
John Wilkes Booth
Lee Harvey Oswald
Charles J. Guiteau
John Hinckley Jr.
#10
Who led the Radical Republicans in Congress during the Reconstruction Era?
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Thaddeus Stevens
Robert E. Lee
#11
Which event marked the end of the Reconstruction Era?
Ratification of the 13th Amendment
Ratification of the 14th Amendment
Ratification of the 15th Amendment
Compromise of 1877
#12
Which piece of legislation enacted a system of black codes and established the Freedmen's Bureau?
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Fugitive Slave Act
Compromise of 1877
Homestead Act
#13
What was the purpose of the Black Codes enacted in many Southern states during Reconstruction?
To restrict the rights and freedoms of African Americans
To promote racial integration
To grant land ownership to African Americans
To provide educational opportunities for African Americans
#14
Which Supreme Court case declared segregation in public facilities constitutional?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
Marbury v. Madison
Gideon v. Wainwright
#15
Who was the first African American elected to the U.S. Senate during Reconstruction?
Hiram Revels
Frederick Douglass
Booker T. Washington
W. E. B. Du Bois
#16
What was the name of the system that effectively re-enslaved African Americans by forcing them into exploitative labor contracts?
Sharecropping
Tenant Farming
Convict Leasing
Crop Lien System
#17
What was the primary reason for the failure of Reconstruction?
Opposition from Southern Democrats
Corruption within the Republican Party
Lack of federal support
Resistance from former Confederates
#18
Who famously coined the term 'Redemption' to describe the end of Reconstruction and the return of white Democratic rule in the South?
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Andrew Johnson
Wade Hampton III
#19
Which Supreme Court case ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional, overturning 'separate but equal'?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
Marbury v. Madison
Gideon v. Wainwright