Reconstruction Era and Former Slaves Quiz
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What was the significance of Special order 15?

  • It established black churches for former slaves
  • It helped to create tension between whites and blacks
  • It declared land for freed slaves in the South
  • It offered 40 acres and a mule to former slaves (correct)

What was the purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?

  • To establish a working free labor system in the South
  • To create tension between whites and blacks in the South
  • To provide assistance in health and education to former slaves (correct)
  • To revert the South back to the pre-Civil War status quo

What type of farm tendency is associated with the sharecropping system?

  • Renting or contracting with the owner (correct)
  • Ownership of large plantations
  • Equal distribution of land among former slaves
  • Direct government control

What were the Black Codes as mentioned in the text?

<p>Laws that regulated the lives of former slaves (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Bill of 1866?

<p>To give people born in the United States citizenship (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the outcome of the 14th amendment?

<p>It put the Civil Rights Bill into the United States Constitution (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was one of the main actions taken during Radical Reconstruction (1867 and on)?

<p>Temporarily separating the South into military areas (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was Andrew Johnson's stance on helping former slaves?

<p>He ordered all federal lands to be returned to former owners (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was one of the main goals of the Freedmen's Bureau?

<p>To assist with health and education for former slaves. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What characterized sharecropping contracts?

<p>Petition for land that Johnson gave back to whites. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did President Johnson fail to say anything about?

<p>Laws restricting voting rights for whites and blacks. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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