Middle school · American history
This quiz helps revise “Reconstruction” in American history for middle school. It has 25 questions in five categories: Freedom in Practice, Rights in Law, People and Politics, Land and Labor, Backlash and Legacy. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
After emancipation, many freedpeople traveled to reunite with whom?
Freedpeople packed rooms like the one pictured so children and adults could learn to read. What were these places?
What independent places of…
In the gameWhat legal document could…
In the gameWhich federal agency, formed…
In the gameWhich Reconstruction amendment abolished slavery in the United States?
Which amendment established birthright citizenship and equal protection under the law?
Which amendment barred denying…
In the gameWhat 1866 law did…
In the gameWhat 1867 laws divided…
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The president pictured took office after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated and clashed with Congress over Reconstruction. Who was he?
Which political party held the congressional majority that passed stronger Reconstruction laws over presidential vetoes?
The president pictured took…
In the gameThe Black minister pictured…
In the gameThis formerly enslaved South…
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Which crop has the fluffy white bolls pictured here and remained important to Southern farms during Reconstruction?
What did many freed families hope to own so they could farm for themselves?
What farming arrangement let…
In the gameWhat written agreements set…
In the gameWhat form of credit…
In the gameWhat were Southern laws passed just after the war to restrict freedpeople's rights called?
What white supremacist group used intimidation and violence to stop Black citizens from voting?
What laws did Congress…
In the gameWhat federal force was…
In the gameWhich 1896 Supreme Court…
In the gameAll 25 questions and the answers are in the game. Invite your class or friends with a link — guests need no account.