Reconstruction Day 2

What was the result of the Fifteenth Amendment?

• African American families divided by slavery were reunited
• Newly free men and women moved west to claim land.
• African American men voted in the 1872 presidential election. 
• Newly free men and women were allowed to apply for U.S. citizenship.  

The Black Codes were enacted after the Civil War by the southern states to--

• punish plantation owners for the use of slavery
• support Radical Reconstruction objectives in the South
• promote the activities of the Freedmen’s Bureau
• limit the impact of the Thirteenth Amendment

Which of these best explains the change in population and distribution of U.S. cities from 1850 to 1870?

• The passage of the homesteading legislation 
• The admission of new states to the Union
• The expansion of the railroad system and increased industrialization
• The emancipation of the slaves after the Civil War

Black Codes was a name given to laws passed by southern governments. These laws imposed sever restrictions on freedmen, such as prohibiting their right to vote, forbidding them to sit on juries, and limiting their right to testify against white man.
Southern states passed the codes described in this excerpt in order to --

• limit the effects of the Reconstruction Amendments 
• increase the labor supply for factory jobs in the North
• decrease the number of northern representatives in Congress
• improve relations with the Democratic Party 

The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution affected the lives of millions of African Americans by —

• providing them with voting rights 
• guaranteeing their freedom of speech                                           
• providing them with access to the court system                                         
• guaranteeing their permanent freedom from slavery

Which of these best describes a result of the Thirteenth Amendment?

• African Americans in the North could vote.
• State governments were required to protect individual rights.
• Former confederate officials were prohibited from holding elected office. 
• African Americans in the South could move elsewhere.

This painting of a Missouri scene was completed in 1852. Such scenes would look dramatically different after the --

• ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment
• Second Great Awakening
• emergence of Manifest Destiny
• expansion of the factory system into the South

Provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1866
**Designated people born in the United States as citizens
**Granted all citizens certain rights under the law
What is the historical significance of this act?

• It was the first time Congress voted to overrule a presidential veto.
• It represented a shift in federal power after the impeachment of President Johnson.
• It was the first time Congress passed a law that protected racial minorities.
• It represented the failure of northern abolitionists to influence Reconstruction policies.

The Fifteenth Amendment was ratified in order to--

• establish legal requirements for the education of former slaves
• mandate fair labor contracts between African American workers and plantation owners
• abolish the institution of slavery
• protect the voting rights of African American men

The abolitionist movement achieved its goal with the passage of which amendment?

• Twelfth Amendment
• Thirteenth  Amendment
• Fourteenth  Amendment
• Fifteenth  Amendment