SOL Review – Reconstruction
Matching
1. _____ 13th amendment
2. _____ 14th amendment
3. _____ 15th amendment
4. _____ Freedmen’s Bureau
5. _____ Carpetbaggers
6. _____ Black Codes
A. Grants citizenship to all persons born in the United States
and guarantees them equal protection under the law
B. Bans slavery in the United States in the US and all its
territories
C. Ensures all citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color,
or previous condition of servitude
A. Ended reconstruction as a result of the outcome of the
election of 1876
B. Established to aid former enslaved African Americans in the
South
C. Limited the economic and physical freedom of former slaves
7. _____ Compromise of 1877
D. Northerners who came to the south to take advantage during
Reconstruction
8. _____ Abraham Lincoln
A. Fought for adoption of constitutional amendments that
guaranteed voting rights
B. Called for reconciliation and preservation of the Union. Did
not want to punish the south
C. Urged Southerners to reconcile with Northerners
9. _____ Robert E. Lee
10. _____ Frederick Douglass
True and False
11. _____ Southern military leaders could NOT hold government jobs during reconstruction
12. _____ Civil Rights Act of 1866 authorized the use of federal troops to enforce the policies in the South
13. _____ African Americans count NOT hold government jobs during reconstruction
14. _____ Rights that African Americans had gained were lost through Jim Crow laws
15. _____ Abraham Lincoln became the president of Washington College, now called Washington and Lee
University
16. _____ Booker T. Washington accepted social segregation and emphasized vocational education
17. _____ W.E.B DuBois believed in full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans.
18. _____ Jim Crow Laws were passed to discriminate against white Americans
19. _____ Jim Crow Laws were based on race.
20. _____ Native Americans were not considered citizens until 1924.
Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the
end of Reconstruction?
a. Federal troops were removed from the
South
b. African Americans gained more rights
from Southern leaders
c. Reconstruction ended in 1877 due to a
compromise over the outcome of the
election of 1876
d. African Americans lost rights through
Jim Crow laws
2. After Reconstruction, the system of segregation
was supported by –
a. Civil rights laws
b. Jim Crow laws
c. Prohibition laws
d. Immigration laws
A powerful voice for human rights and civil
liberties for all.
3. Who is described in the passage above?
a. Abraham Lincoln
b. Robert E. Lee
c. Frederick Douglass
d. Jim Crow
4. According to Booker T Washington, what would
help African Americans gain equality?
a. Holding protests and strikes
b. Learning skills and trades
c. Working longer and harder
d. Attending meetings and elections
5. What was the purpose of the 15th amendment?
a. Ensures voting rights for citizens
b. Grants women suffrage
c. Bans slavery
d. Prevents child labor
6. Which event ended Reconstruction?
a. The establishment of the Freedmen’s
Bureau
b. The Compromise of 1877
c. Carpet Baggers moving to the South
d. Black Codes and Jim Crow Laws
7. Which group of people gained citizenship in
1924?
a. Women
b. African Americans
c. Asian Americans
d. Native Americans
8. Which statement best describes the Civil Rights
Act of 1866?
a. It banned slavery from all US territories
b. It authorized the use of federal troops
to enforce the policies in the South
c. It prevented Native Americans and
Women from voting
d. It put an end to Jim Crow laws
9. Who were Carpetbaggers?
a. African American soldiers during the
Civil War
b. Southern plantation owners protesting
Reconstruction
c. Northerners who came to the south to
take advantage during Reconstruction
d. Women who supported the Civil Rights
Act of 1866
10. Who could NOT have government jobs during
Reconstruction?
a. African Americans
b. Southern Military leaders
c. Northern Military leaders
d. Carpetbaggers