Reconstruction

Reconstruction was the process of

• rebuilding the South after the Civil War
• creating land zones for freedmen after the Civil War
• instituting Black Codes for former slaves
• eliminating the plantation economy in the South

The 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution

• Gave African Americans citizenship/equal protection under the law
• Gave African American men the right to vote
• Ended slavery throughout the United States
• Ended inequality in the United States

The 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution

• Gave African Americans citizenship/equal protection under the law
• Gave African American men the right to vote
• Ended slavery throughout the United States
• Ended inequality in the United States

The 15th Amendment of the United States Constitution

• Gave African Americans citizenship/equal protection under the law
• Gave African American men the right to vote
• Ended slavery throughout the United States
• Ended inequality in the United States

Which of the following was NOT a goal of Reconstruction?

• Reunite the North and the South
• Bring back the Southern economy
• Develop the economic system of sharecropping for freedmen
• Determine what to do with 4 million freed African Americans

These were laws that made it illegal for African Americans to live or work in certain areas and allowed whites to arrest African Americans who were not working.  Once arrested they would be forcibly assigned to work for white landowners. 

• Freedman's Bureau Laws
• Reconstruction Acts
• Black Codes
• Jim Crow Laws

Which of the following was NOT a part of the Freedman's Bureau?

• Helped reconnecting slaves with their families
• Helped provide African Americans with education
• Helped provide food for former slaves
• Helped create new Black Codes for freedmen

ALL of the following were problems that many farmers had under the sharecropping system EXCEPT:

• Farmers were forced to grow cash crops instead of food.
• Farmers were often were trapped in a cycle or circle of debt.
• Many sharecroppers were forced to buy goods on credit. 
• Many sharecroppers were overwhelmed by exceptional cotton crops after the war

During Reconstruction, most former Confederate states

• were placed under military rule for a time
• were readmitted into the Union, but only after promising to end slavery within 10 years
• given full representation in Congress without issue
• supported the immediate end of slavery throughout the U.S.

The members of Congress battled both President Lincoln and Johnson because they felt that the Presidential Reconstruction Plans:

• were too focused on helping the freed African slaves, but not on helping the poor, white farmers.
• were too strict to allow the Union to ever be reunited as it was prior to the Civil War.
• were too lenient on the Southern states that had rebelled against the Union.
• were created too quickly without consulting the former leaders of the Confederate states.