The 13th Amendment and the Freedmen's Bureau

Multiple Choice

Which of the following does NOT describe an issue that remained after the Civil War?

• How will the South rejoin the Union?

• What will happen to the traitors of the Union?

• What rights will the 4 million African Americans freed have?

• None of these options were an issue.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was NOT one of the challenges faced in South Carolina and the nation after the Civil War?

• The economy as well as the state had to be rebuilt.

• The questions of how to employ and educate the freed slaves faced both northern and southern leaders.

• The government had to decide where the new capital would be after the destruction of Columbia.

• Leaders of the federal government attempted to impose (force) a new way of life on the state and on the region.

Open Ended

Which challenge do you think was most important for South Carolina and the nation to solve first?

Multiple Choice

Which amendment made slavery illegal?

• 10th Amendment

• 11th Amendment

• 12th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the Freedmen's Bureau was established?

• It was made to be the first line of assistance to everyone affected by the war.

• It was made to be the place where Freedmen could get jobs to be bounty hunters.

• It was made to be a place where Freedmen could live for extended periods of time.

• It was made to be where Freedmen could get papers to become legal citizens.

Multiple Choice

What was a primary criticism of the Freedmen's Bureau regarding its impact on Freedmen?

• It encouraged Freedmen to work independently.

• It taught Freedmen to become dependent on the federal government.

• It effectively delivered on all its promises.

• It helped Freedmen acquire land from Southern whites.

Multiple Choice

What was the government promise made to Freedmen after the Civil War?

• Fifty acres and a horse.

• Sixty acres and a dog.

• Forty acres and a mule.

• Twenty acres and plow.

Open Ended

Do you think the Freedman's Bureau had an overall positive or negative affect on African Americans newly freed?