Reconstruction Part 2

What was the context of the Fourteenth Amendment?

• The Fourteenth Amendment guaranteed citizenship rights for persons born in the United States

• The Fourteenth Amendment established military districts within the former Confederate territory

• The Fourteenth Amendment abolished slavery in the United States

• The Fourteenth Amendment guaranteed voting rights for African American males

Samuel was a slave who worked for a cotton farmer on a plantation in southern Alabama before the Civil War. Samuel was granted freedom, citizenship, and the right to vote during Reconstruction. How could his 15th Amendment rights be worked around?

• Through things such as literacy tests and poll taxes.

• Through continued open discrimination that persisted despite the 15th Amendment.

• After the 15th Amendment, there were no problems with former slaves being able to vote.

• Through laws that stated that former slaves could not vote.

Marianne immigrated to the United States from Europe in search of better opportunities for herself and her future family. While in the process of applying for US citizenship, Marianne gives birth to a child. Why was the 14th Amendment important to Marianne?

• Because it gave her and her baby citizenship.

• Because it paved a way for equality between immigrants and Americans who were there for generations.

• Because it gave her child citizenship.

• Because it finally resolved the tax system.

Which of the Reconstruction Amendments remains controversial to this day, with constant calls for its reversal?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 2nd Amendment

Why are the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments referred to as the Reconstruction Amendments?

• These amendments were aimed at fixing a broken, post-Civil War nation.

• These amendments were created before the Civil War but were not ratified by the states until after the war was over.

• These amendments were used to further segregate slaves from the white population.

• These amendments were created after the Revolutionary War in order to unify a once fractured nation.

Why was Reconstruction a historic era for African Americans?

• It was a time where the political power of the few African Americans in office began to be eroded, showing that there had not actually been much progress made.

• It was a time when African Americans could pursue economic independence, education, religion and political interests.

• It was a very oppressive era that formed the grounds from which so much of the systemic oppression that exists today took root

• It provided a unique opportunity to escape the brutality of slavery through the chance to purchase their freedom.

How did Hiram Revels work to restore the south after the Civil War?

• As a senator, he endorsed principles like granting amnesty to former Confederate soldiers.

• As a missionary, he would make contact with former Confederates to bring reconciliation between them and their Union brethren

• As governor, he advocated for the reconciliation of former Confederates with their Union counterparts.

• As an educator, he advocated for curriculum that told of the brutality of the Civil War while not demonizing the Confederacy.

Which of the following statements about Booker T. Washington is FALSE?

• He successfully promoted a model of industry, thrift, intelligence and property.

• He believed African Americans should seek equality gradually by pursuing skills and trades.

• At age 25, he founded the Tuskegee Institute, which later became Tuskegee University

• He was praised by other black leaders for openly challenging racial segregation.

How did Jonathan Gibbs influence education for African Americans during Reconstruction?

• He dedicated his life to preaching in African Methodist Episcopal churches on the importance of education for African Americans.

• He successfully argued for a public education system in Florida aimed at improving the lives and opportunities for African Americans.

• He understood that schools controlled and sponsored by religious institutions were the future, and so he worked toward that end

• He founded a very successful charter school for African Americans that became the standard for many that would follow.

In what way was Alonzo Herndon a leader During Reconstruction?

• He founded an academic scholarship to help get under-privileged African Americans into academia.

• He was the 1st African American to serve as a diplomatic minister to a foreign country.

• He started a business school that trained former slaves to become financially self sufficient.

• He financially supported the types of institutions that had helped him achieve success.