7th grade social studies

What was the purpose of the Reconstruction?

• To tax the southern states as punishment for the war

• To help the southern states become a part of the Union again.

• To keep the southern states from becoming powerful again

• To rebuild the industry of the northern states

• To build up the west as a replacement to the south

Which of the following was NOT part of the plan that Abraham Lincoln had for Reconstruction?

• That only 10% of voters in a state had to agree to support the Union

• That all states had to agree to outlaw slavery

• That any southerner who took an oath to the Union would be given a pardon

• That the plantation owners of the South could keep their slaves for five years

What were the Black Codes?

• Laws made by Lincoln to protect former slaves.

• Codes that black people in the South had to live by or they would lose their freedom.

• Laws in the South that made it difficult for black people to get jobs, vote, and go to school

• Civil Rights laws that made it easier for former slaves to adapt to their new lives

Which amendment to the US Constitution outlawed slavery in all of the United States?

• 13th

• 14th

Can you name the five fundamental political principles that shaped our constitution and government?

• Consent of the governed

  limited government

  Rule of law

  democracy

  Representative Government

• Popular Sovereignty. Limited Government. Separation of Powers. Checks and Balances. Judicial Review. Federalism.

Under the articles of confederation, where did most power lie?

• Individual states

• federal government

• To declare war

• sign treaties

Which is not true about Frederick Douglass?

• Douglass was a prominent confederate general

• Douglass fought for voting rights for all- women and African Americans

• Douglass escaped from slavery and became a prominent abolitionist

Constitutional amendment that bans slavery in the U.S.-

• 14th Amendment

• 19th amendment

• 13th amendment

• 15th amendment

Black Codes were adopted in the southern states during reconstruction to....

• guarantee civil rights to African Americans

• limit the freedom of former slaves

Carpetbaggers were -

• southerners who moved north during reconstruction

• unethical carpet salesmen

• northerners who moved south during reconstruction