Unit 9: Reconstruction 1865-1877

Lincoln's main goal for Reconstruction was to:

• put former Confederate leaders on trial 
• add amendments to the Constitution
• rejoin the former Confederate states with the Union
• give suffrage to freed slaves

Lincoln's plans for dealing with former Confederate states were considered:

• tough but fair
• very generous and forgiving
• too harsh
• too hard to manage

The Freedmen's Bureau was established to provide former slaves with:

• food and clothing

• schools and education

• legal and financial aid

• all of these

After Lincoln's assassination, Reconstruction was passed to his vice-president:

• Ulysses S. Grant
• Rutherford B. Hayes
• Andrew Johnson
• Charles Sumner

The 13th Amendment:

• abolished slavery in the U.S.
• made all natural-born Americans citizens
• gave African-American men suffrage
• put the South under military rule

The 14th Amendment:

• abolished slavery in the U.S.
• made natural-born Americans citizens
• gave African-American men suffrage
• readmitted the Confederate states to the Union

The 15th Amendment:

• abolished slavery in the U.S.
• made all natural-born Americans citizens
• gave African-American men suffrage
• officially ended Reconstruction

Black Codes were laws that:

• denied freedmen basic civil rights
• forced many freedmen to continue working on plantations
• showed the South's resistance to reform
• all of these

The first attempt to give former slaves basic freedoms and citizenship was the:

• Civil Rights Act of 1866
• Reconstruction Acts of 1867
• Amnesty Act
• Enforcement Act

Which of these was NOT part of the Reconstruction Acts of 1867?

• Put South under military rule

• States must ratify 14th Amendment

• States must write new constitutions

• Plantations were divided into farms for former slaves