Reconstruction Amendments

Which amendment freed African slaves?

• 13th
• 14th
• 15th

Which amendment gave African Americans citizenship?

• 13th
• 14th
• 15th

Which amendment gave African American men the right to vote?

• 13th
• 14th
• 15th

An ______________ is a change to the U.S. Constitution.

• ratify
• amendment
• assassination

An amendment has to be approved, or ________, before it can be added.

• changed
• ratified
• vetoed

What was the purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?

• To limit the rights of African Americans
• To intimidate African Americans
• To help freedmen adjust to their new lives and building schools.

__________________ was a system of farming where the plantation owner rented his land to a freedman and was paid back with crops.

• Sharecropping
• Farming
• Bargaining
• Slavery

What was the purpose of Black Codes?

• To help freedmen
• To make sure freedmen got rights
• To limit the rights of freedmen 
• To take rights away from the Southern elite

The 14th amendment was supposed to give equal rights and protections under the law.  Is that how it worked in reality?

• Yes
• No

What was the name of the group in Congress that sent military troops to the South to enforce the 14th amendment?

• Radical Republicans
• Daring Democrats