Impact of Reconstruction - Quiz Quiz

Question 1

Which statement best describes the government participation of African Americans during Reconstruction?

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B: African Americans were elected to positions in local, state, and national government.

Question 2

Which statement best describes the government participation of African Americans during Reconstruction?

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C: African Americans were elected to positions in local, state, and national government.

Question 3

Which was founded by former Confederate Army officers in Tennessee in 1866?

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B: the Ku Klux Klan

Question 4

The Reconstruction Act of 1867 was significant because it

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B: granted suffrage to all African American men.

Question 5

The Civil Rights Act of 1866 was significant because it

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A: was the first in a series of laws that protected African Americans.

Question 6

Who was Hiram Revels?

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A: the first African American in Congress

Question 7

During Reconstruction, which organization built schools and trained teachers?

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D: the Freedmen’s Bureau

Question 8

The Civil Rights Act of 1866 was significant because it

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C: was the first in a series of laws that protected African Americans.

Question 9

Who was Ulysses S. Grant?

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C: the Union general who was credited with winning the Civil War and who was elected president in 1868

Question 10

Which event brought about the Panic of 1873?

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A: several banks ran out of money

Impact of Reconstruction - Quiz Quiz Answers