Reconstruction Review

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The 13th Amendment

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Abolished Slavery

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The 14th Amendment

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Established birthright citizenship and equal protection of the law, and outlawed people who committed treason from holding public office.

Answer explanation

The 14th Amendment overruled the Dred Scott Supreme Court decision.

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The 15th Amendment

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Made it illegal to prevent someone from voting based on race.

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What did Lincoln's 10% Plan require?

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10% of the voting population in a southern state had to swear allegiance to the Union if they wanted to form a new government.

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Did President Johnson's Reconstruction plan include giving Black men the right to vote?

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No

Answer explanation

Johnson's Reconstruction plan included pardoning thousands of Confederates and reversing promises of 40 acres of land for freedpeople.

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What was the Wade Davis Bill?

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A bill that opposed Lincoln's Reconstruction plan, required 50% of voting age males in southern states to sign a loyalty oath, and prevented anyone in the Confederate government or the Confederate Army from voting.

Answer explanation

Congress passed the bill, but Lincoln vetoed it.

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When were Black Codes, laws passed by Southern states to restrict the freedom of African Americans, passed?

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1865-66

Answer explanation

A defining feature of Black Codes were vagrancy laws. Vagrancy laws allowed for the newly freed Black population to be arrested and sentenced to hard labor.

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The Reconstruction Acts of 1867:

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Outlined what rebel states had to do to rejoin the Union

Answer explanation

There were four Reconstruction Acts passed starting in 1867.

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How much land was given to freedpeople at the end of the Civil War?

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None

Answer explanation

The promise of 40 acres was part of the bill that created the Freedmen's Bureau. They would get land that had been abandoned by southern planters. They would rent it for 3 years and then could buy it after that.

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What did the Freedman's Bureau do?

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Helped freedpeople find lost family members, helped freedpeople learn to read and write, helped freedpeople negotiate labor contracts.

Answer explanation

The Freedmen's Bureau also provided medical care and clothing to African Americans and poor whites in the South. They trained thousands of Black teachers who would teach in the first public schools in southern states.