Reconstruction

Reconstruction is known as the period of rebuilding after the _________ War.

• Civil

• French and Indian

• Great

• Revolutionary

A state could return to the Union when it had done all of the following EXCEPT______________________

• accepted a new state constitution

• recognized the passing of the 14th amendment

• passed black codes to establish law and order in the state

• agreed to give all men, black and white, the right to vote

Southerners who supported Republican reconstruction efforts were called______________.

• abolitionists

• scalawags

• carpetbaggers

• slaves

Why did so many African Americans leave the southern states after the war?

• There was better weather in the North

• Their families were in the North

• There were more jobs in northern cities

• There was a drought in the South

What was Lincoln's reason behind treating the southern states fairly after the war?

• He wanted to give all the plantations back to the original owners.

• He wanted to reunite the whole country.

• He wanted to give the South control over national government

• He wanted to pay for Reconstruction.

What did the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments mean for African Americans?

• African Americans were free citizens and the men could vote.

• All African Americans became citizens.

• Slavery was abolished.

• Equal protection could not be denied any citizen.

Slavery in all parts of the United States was officially ended by the ______________.

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas Nebraska Act

• Thirteenth Amendment

• Emancipation Proclamation

Which Amendment gave African American males the right to vote in the United States?

• Twelfth

• Fourteeth

• Thirteenth

• Fifthteeth

The 14th Amendment was approved by the states and became part of the U.S. Constitution in 1868. The purpose of this amendment was to define citizenship and protect the rights of whom?

• European immigrants

• African Americans

• factory workers

• women

Which government agency helped people get an education by setting up schools and hiring teachers?

• Jim Crow

• scalawags

• Freedmen's Bureau

• carpetbaggers