Reconstruction

Reconstruction was the process of

• rebuilding the South after the Civil War
• creating land zones for freedmen after the Civil War
• instituting Black Codes for former slaves
• eliminating the plantation economy in the South

What amendment abolished slavery?

• 13th
• 14th
• 15th
• 16th

The 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution...

• Gave African Americans citizenship

• Gave African Americans the right to vote

• Freed the slaves

• Gave landowners the right to sharecrop

The 15th Amendment of the United States Constitution...

• Gave African Americans the right to own businesses

• Freed the Slaves

• Gave African Americans the right to vote

• Forced African Americans back into slavery

The organization put in place after the Civil War to provide food, clothing, health care and education in the South was known as:

• The Civil Rights Committee

• The Freedmen's Bureau

• The South's Committee

• The Salvation Army

Lincoln's "10 Percent Plan" dealt with

• his idea for instituting an income tax.

• how to draft more men into the Union Army.

• allowing a Southern state to rejoin the Union if ten percent of its voters swore an oath of loyalty to the U.S. & slavery had to be illegal.

• his quest to reconquer only 10% of the South

The federal government sent soldiers to the South after the war to

• look at the land and the damage caused from the war

• sign up new men for the military

• collect food for the Union

• keep peace so other uprisings wouldn't occur

Who was Booker T. Washington?

• a famous teacher who studied ways to improve the lives of poor southern farmers

• a former slave who opened the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama

• 16th president

• a Union soldier

When did Reconstruction in the United States occur?

• 1812-1817

• 1865-1877

• 1805-1817

• 1859-1867

How did the Tuskegee Institute bring change to African American students in Alabama?

• It helped them to read and write.

• It helped them to rebuild the South.

• It taught students trades like farming, construction, agriculture, & sewing, so they could make a living.

• It was an institute that helped families to reconnect with each other.