Unit 7: Reconstruction

After the creation of the 13th Amendment, which of the following is true?

• Women have the right to vote.
• Slavery does not exist in the United States.
• All African American males have the right to vote.
• Anyone born in the United States is considered a US citizen.

Which group of people did the 15th amendment EXCLUDE from having the right to vote?

• naturalized citizens
• African American males
• Northerners
• Women

What was the main priority of the Freedmen's Bureau during Reconstruction?

• to avenge the Union by hunting down former slave owners
• to build factories in the South
• to investigate crimes against the Union during the war
• to provide jobs and education to former slaves

Following the Civil War, what new economic system was developed?

• industry increased in the South
• agriculture increased in the North
• sharecropping spread in the South
• increase in the building of roads and canals throughout the United States.

What effect did the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments have on the South?

• encouraged women to exercise their right to vote
• discouraged African Americans from supporting the Republican Party
• prevented African American males from voting
• gave African American citizens better access to the government

Which amendment gave voting rights to former slaves?

• 14th amendment
• 10th amendment
• 15th amendment
• 1st amendment

Gave African-Americans United States Citizenship

• 13th amendment

• 14th amendment

• 15th amendment

• Radical Republicans

Terrorist organization created to intimidate improvement freed men and Republicans from gaining political power in the south.

• The Ku Klux Klan

• Radical Republicans

• Black legislators

• The Friedmans bureau

Group of northern Republicans who wanted to punish the southern states and to ensure civil rights for African-Americans.

• Southern Democrats

• Yankees

• Radical Republicans

• Union soldiers

Which is the best description of Reconstruction?

• rebuilding the US after a big earthquake
• a period of rebuilding in the US after the Revolutionary War
• a period of rebuilding in the US after the Civil War
• unfair treatment of African Americans after the Civil War