Reconstruction and New South

Reconstruction and New South DT #1 Remediation Lesson

13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

13th Amendment - made slavery unconstitutional and illegal

14th Amendment - states could not take away the rights of citizens without due process of the law (granted citizenship and equal protection under the law).

15th Amendment - allowed all men to vote, no matter their skin color. 

Multiple Choice

The ___________ Amendment granted citizenship and equal protection under the law, the ________Amendment stated that you can’t deny someone from voting based on race, and the _______ Amendment abolished slavery.

• 13th, 14th, 15th

• 14th, 15th, 13th

• 13th, 15th, 14th

Multiple Choice

Sharecroppers paid their landowners by

• agreeing to work without pay for 5-7 years

• allowing landowners to use their equipment

• paying a monthly rental or lease fee

• providing the labor & a large percentage of the crop

Multiple Choice

The BEST description of the Freedmen’s Bureau during the Reconstruction era was that it…

• provided education, training, & social services for the newly freed slaves

• registered newly freed slaves to vote

• helped the newly freed slaves with free land

Multiple Choice

According to Johnson’s Plan for Reconstruction, which amendment did each state have to ratify (approve) before it could be readmitted back into the Union?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

African American Legislators

Briefly during Reconstruction, freedmen were given more political rights than they had ever had before. Primarily, the freedmen were given the right to vote. With this freedom, 32 African Americans or Blacks were elected to the Georgia General Assembly in 1867. However, within days of convening of the General Assembly, these black legislators were expelled from the legislature.

Removal of African American Legislators

The reasons for removing the Black legislators were numerous. As recorded in the Journal of the Senate in 1868, the African Americans or Blacks were simply “persons of color” and, as “non-citizens”, were not entitled to hold office under Georgia’s Constitution. 

Multiple Choice

Why were newly elected African American legislators removed from office?

• They were not registered to vote

• On the grounds that they do not have the right to hold public office

• Because they did not vote in 1865

• Because they did not ratify the 14th Amendment