RECONSTRUCTION REVIEW ASSIGNMENT

Constitutional Amendment that grants citizenship to all persons born in the U.S. and guarantees them equal protection under the law:

• 21st Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

Reconstruction policies in the South prohibited these people from holding public office -

• All Southerners

• Southern military leaders

• African Americans

• Scalawags

Black Codes were adopted in Southern states during Reconstruction to -

• Limit the freedom of former slaves

• Help Southern military leaders get elected

• Guarantee civil rights to African Americans

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

• 19th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

The period known as Reconstruction began when the Civil War ended, in -

• 1865

• 1812

• 1776

• 1875

After the surrender of the South, President Lincoln wanted to -

• Force the South to pay reparations for the cost of the war.

• Reconcile with the South in order to preserve the Union

• Punish the South, denying all Southerners the right to vote.

• Not allow the South to be admitted back into the Union.

Which Amendment does NOT address the issues of slavery and equal protection under the law for all citizens?

• 14th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 12th Amendment

Federal troops were authorized to enforce civil rights for African Americans by -

• The Black Codes

• The Civil Rights Act of 1866.

• Jim Crow Laws

• Freedmen’s Bureau

This time period is known as “Reconstruction” -

• 1865-1877

• 1865-1876

• 1886-1900

• 1865-1900

Which is NOT true about Frederick Douglass?

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

• Douglass escaped from slavery

• Douglass was a prominent Confederate general

• Douglass became a prominent abolitionist