SS8H6 Review/Study Guide

SS8H6 Review/

Study Guide

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SS8H6 Review

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Open Ended

Describe the 13th Amendment.

Open Ended

Describe the 14th Amendment.

Open Ended

Describe the 15th Amendment.

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the War that led to the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments being written?

• Civil War

• War of 1812

• French and Indian War

• Revolutionary War

Multiple Choice

After the Civil War was over, who was the group of people who wanted to punish the South?

• Radical Republicans

• Devilish Democrats

• Freedman's Bureau

• Ku Klux Klan (KKK)

Multiple Choice

TRUE OR FALSE?

During the Reconstruction Era, former slaves gained many rights. When Reconstruction was over, it sometimes had been considered a success because many of the former slaves who had gained lots of rights, like voting rights, began to lose them because of threats and intimidation.

• True

• False

Match

Match the following Reconstruction Plans.

• A) 10% of the voters had to pledge allegiance to the U.S.

  B) Agree to 13th Amendment

• A) 10% of the voters had to pledge allegiance to the U.S.

  B) Agree to 13th Amendment

  C) Sypathy for the Ex-Confederates

• A) All states pass the 14th and 15th Amendments.

Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan

Johnson's Reconstruction Plan

Congress' Reconstruction Plan

• Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan

• Johnson's Reconstruction Plan

• Congress' Reconstruction Plan

Fill in the Blank

FILL IN THE BLANK.

The _____ _____ was a Federal agency set up to help former Slaves with the adjustment to freedom and citizenship. This agency also help set up schools, churches, supplied food, clothing and helped with employment issues.

Multiple Choice

What was the positive effects of the Freedmen’s Bureau?​

• It helped former slaves adjust to newfound freedom and it helped set up schools.

• It was truly successful in bringing unity and understanding and it help set up hospitals.

• It terrorized former slaves through racial violence and intimidation tactics and took away their rights.

Multiple Choice

What was a negative effect of the Freedmen’s Bureau?​

• It did not help former slaves adjust to newfound freedom, it just helped set up schools.

• It was never truly successful in bringing unity and understanding.

• It terrorized former slaves through racial violence and intimidation tactics

Multiple Choice

The Democrats would have been strong supporters of a group that used racial violence and intimidation tactics against former slaves.  What is the name of the group?

• Ku Klux Klan (KKK)

• The White League

• The Freedmen's Bureau

• The Knights of the Golden Circle

Multiple Choice

After Reconstruction was over and the last of the Federal Troops left the South, what was a result of them leaving?

• Groups like the KKK and the Redeemers gained control of politics in Southern states.

• The South experienced a period of economic growth.

• The North and South were unified in a spirit of cooperation.

• African Americans were given full citizenship rights.

Open Ended

Explain Sharecropping.

Multiple Choice

TRUE OR FALSE.

Tenant Farming become the dominant form of farming in the South because the South was economically poor after the Civil War and farming required lots of labor and many workers and tenant farming was the perfect solution because the former slaves needed to find work to survive and the former slave owners needed labor for their farms.

• False

• True

Open Ended

Explain Tenant Farming.

SS8H6

Study Guide

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​Questions 1-8

1. Describe the 13th Amendment: Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.

2. Describe the 14th Amendment: No state can make or enforce any law which can reduce the rights of citizens of the United States, deny any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor take away any person equal protection of the laws.

3. Describe the 15th Amendment: Give all MALE citizens the right to vote.

4. What is the name of the War that led to the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments being written? The Civil War

5. After the Civil War was over, who was the group of people who wanted to punish the South? Radical Republicans 

6. During the Reconstruction Era, former slaves gained many rights. When Reconstruction was over it sometimes had been considered a failure because: Many of the former slaves who had gained lots of rights, like voting rights, began to lose them in other ways such as threats and intimidation.

7. What was Abraham Lincoln’s Reconstruction plan? 10% of the state had to vote allegiance to the USA and pass the 13th amendment.

8. What was the difference between Lincoln’s Reconstruction plan and Johnson’s Reconstruction plan? Johnson’s plan gave former confederates amnesty and forgiveness and therefore “allowed” them back into government.
   
   

​Questions 9-13

9. What was the Congressional Reconstruction plan? All states MUST pass the 14th and 15th Amendments.

10. The Southern states were assigned Military Governors during Reconstruction. Why? The states did not  pass the 14th and 15th Amendments.

11. President Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction plan was considered too easy on which group? The former Confederate states.

12. What was the Freedmen’s Bureau? It was a Federal agency set up to help Former Slaves with the adjustment to freedom and citizenship. The Freedmen’s Bureau set up schools, churches, supplied food, clothing and helped with employment issues.

13. Describe the positive and negative effects of the Freedmen’s Bureau? Positive effects: it helped former slaves adjust to newfound freedom and helped set up schools. Negative effect: it was never truly successful in bringing unity and understanding.

​Questions 14-17

14. The Democrats would have been strong supporters of a group that used racial violence and intimidation tactics against former slaves. What is the name of the group? The Ku Klux Klan, who used racial violence and intimidation tactics, were against the Freedmen's Bureau, and was made up of many former slave owners.

15. After Reconstruction was over and the last of the Federal Troops left the South, what was a result of them leaving? Groups like the KKK and the Redeemers gained control of politics in Southern states. These groups worked to prevent African Americans from exercising their newly found rights and wanted whites to regain control of local governments.

16. When was the first time African-Americans won seats in Southern State legislatures? In 1867, African-Americans won numerous local and state offices.

17. Explain Sharecropping: Many former slaves knew how to farm, but did not own land or equipment while many former slave owners had the land but no people for labor.  The former Slaves began to work on the former slave owners farm for a “Share” of the crops.  

​Questions 14-17

14. After Reconstruction was over and the last of the Federal Troops left the South, what was a result of them leaving? Groups like the KKK and the Redeemers gained control of politics in Southern states. These groups worked to prevent African Americans from exercising their newly found rights and wanted whites to regain control of local governments.

15. Explain Sharecropping: Many former slaves knew how to farm, but did not own land or equipment. Many former slave owners had the land but no people for labor.  The former Slaves began to work on the former slave owners farm for a “Share” of the crops.  

16. Why did Sharecropping become the dominant form of farming in the South? The South was Cash poor after the Civil War.  Tractors and other modern equipment had not been invented and farming required lots of labor and many workers.  Sharecropping became the perfect “marriage” so to say because the former slaves needed to find work to survive and the former slave owners needed labor for their farms.

17. Explain Tenant Farming: Tenant farming was very similar to Sharecropping except that the person doing to work had tools, equipment, horses, mules or other tools needed and also provided labor

​Questions 18 & 19

17. Why did Sharecropping become the dominant form of farming in the South? The South was economically poor after the Civil War and farming required lots of labor and many workers. Sharecropping became the perfect solution because the former slaves needed to find work to survive and the former slave owners needed labor for their farms.

18. Explain Tenant Farming: Tenant farming was very similar to Sharecropping except that the person doing to work had tools, equipment, horses, mules or other tools needed and also provided labor