Life During Reconstruction

Multiple Choice

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

• Freed all enslaved people in the United States.

• Freed enslaved people in the Confederate states still in rebellion.

• Ended the Civil War.

• Gave women the right to vote.

Multiple Choice

Which amendment officially abolished slavery in the United States?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 12th Amendment

Multiple Choice

What was the main purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau?

• To rebuild the Confederate army.

• To assist formerly enslaved people with education, jobs, and housing.

• To promote Northern business in the South.

• To enforce Jim Crow laws.

Open Ended

Why do you think it was difficult for formerly enslaved people to start new lives after slavery ended?