Reconstruction Quiz

When did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

• July 4, 1777
• January 1, 1863
• October 4, 1865
• June 21, 1800

Any state that was readmitted must make slavery _________.

• illegal
• legal
• mandatory
• fun

What day is Juneteenth on every year?

• July 19
• June 15
• June 19
• July 4

What is Juneteenth?

• The day people go swimming.
• A holiday to celebrate Groundhogs.
• Abraham Lincoln's birthday.
• A holiday celebrating the freedom of slaves.

What is a amendment?

• A change or addition to the constitution.
• Another word for slaves.
• When you put something back together again.
• A day that we celebrate.

What is the phrase you learned to remember the amendments?

• Slaves are free
• Free, Citizens, Vote
• No more black codes
• Equality for all

Complete the sentence.
The 13th amendment made _______

• it mandatory to say the Pledge of Allegiance.
• slavery illegal in the United States.
• voting harder for women.
• allowed African American people to make money.

What were laws that prevented black people from voting, going to school, and even getting jobs?

• Black Codes 
• Green Lights
• Red Laws
• John Crows

What happened to people who broke the Black Codes?

• Nothing.
• They received a warning to never do it again.
• They got arrested.
• They had to become a slave again.

Abraham Lincoln was the President of _____.

• Ohio Territory
• The Confederacy
• The Union
• Mexico