Unit 9: Reconstruction

What rights are protected in the 13th amendment?

• End the practice of slavery

• Establish who is a US Citizenship

• Voting rights

• Term limits on presidency

What rights are protected by the 14th amendment?

• End the practice of slavery

• Establish who is a US Citizen

• Voting rights

• Term limits on presidency

What rights are protected by the 15th amendment?

• End the practice of slavery

• Establish who is a US citizen

• Voting rights

• Term limits on presidency

What generalization can be made about the purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution?

• They intended to keep African Americans in the same status as slaves.

• They tried to help African Americans achieve equal rights.

• They led to the end of Reconstruction in the South.

• They wanted to ease the burden of Reconstruction on white Southerners.

How did the political changes during Reconstruction expand democracy in the United States?

• It made it possible for all men and women to vote and hold political office.

• It gave southern states more representation in Congress.

• It allowed for the direct election of senators to Congress.

• It made it possible for African American men to vote and hold political office.

This is a list of actions that occurred to due to the addition of an amendment to the Constitution. Which amendment is responsible for changes in this list?

• 12th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

This is the text from one of the "Reconstruction Amendments" ratified after the Civil War. How did this amendment impact the lives of African Americans?

• It granted them equal voting rights.

• It provided them with full citizenship rights.

• It encouraged them to become share croppers.

• It prevented them from using the court system.

This illustration appeared on the cover of Harper's Weekly on November 16, 1867, and is entitled The First Vote. This illustration marks the effect of which constitutional amendment?

• 12th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

What goal influenced the Radical Republicans actions after the Civil War?

• preventing blacks from gaining voting rights in the South

• helping southern whites maintain political power

• supporting the initiatives of the new president, Andrew Johnson

• punishing the Confederate states for their role in the Civil War

This statement was made by President Andrew Johnson. Based on this statement, what does Johnson feel is the main goal of Reconstruction?

• avenging the death of President Lincoln

• protecting the civil rights of newly freed slaves

• giving everyone an opportunity for political power in the South

• reuniting the states into one nation quickly