Reconstruction Amendments Notes

•

The greatest social effect of the Civil War was
the creation of a new class of people—freed
slaves, or Freedmen.

•

Congress realized that some changes were
needed to the Constitution, or else the Civil War
would have been for nothing.

• In December 1865,

ratification of the
Thirteenth Amendment
to the Constitution freed
all slaves in the United
States.

• It banned slavery in the

US and any of its
territories.

13th Amendment

(Signed by Abraham Lincoln)

Multiple Choice

Which amendment abolished slavery in 1865?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

Multiple Select

What do the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments have in common? Select the two (2)

correct answers.

• They included protections for American Indians and women.

• They provided equal protection of the Constitution to all citizens.

• They allowed for Black Codes to be adopted as part of the Constitution.

• They provided rights to citizens that had once been excluded from the

  Constitution.

Match

Match the amendment with the protection it guarantees

• Bans slavery in the United States and all of its territories.

• Grants citizenship to all persons born in the U.S. regardless of race, color,

  or previous condition of servitude.

• Ensures all persons born in the U.S. have the right to vote regardless of

  race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

13th

Amendment

14th

Amendment

15th

Amendment

• 13th

  Amendment

• 14th

  Amendment

• 15th

  Amendment

Multiple Choice

During Reconstruction, what were Confederate States required to do before they

could be readmitted into the Union?

• Adopt Black Codes

• Ban Jim Crow Laws

• Adopt the 14th Amendment

• Pass the Civil Rights Act of 1866

Multiple Choice

Which amendment gave African-Americans the right to vote in 1869?

• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment

Multiple Choice

Which amendment said anyone born in United States is a citizen in 1868?

• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment

Multiple Choice

What does abolish mean?

• to get rid of
• to make shiny

Multiple Choice

The Reconstruction Amendments are also called the _________________.

• Progressive Era Amendments
• Civil War Amendments

Multiple Choice

Southern states passed these laws that restricted African American's freedom.

• The Blue Codes
• The Black Codes

Multiple Choice

Did the Bill of Rights say that owning slaves was wrong?

• YES
• NO

Multiple Choice

Did the 15th Amendment give women the right to vote?

• YES
• NO

Multiple Choice

Which amendment guarantees due process and equal protection?

• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment

Multiple Choice

After the Reconstruction Amendments were passed, this white supremacist terrorist group was created.

• The Southern Order
• Ku Klux Klan (KKK)

Multiple Choice

Dues process means fair treatment by the government.

• TRUE
• FALSE