Reconstruction

This gave all men regardless of race the right to vote.

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

Freedmen in the south made their living usually by ....

• farming

• as craftsmen

• as house servants

• as politicians

They were given food, clothing, and medicine on credit

They had to share a portion of their harvest with the landowner

They were provided land, a home, and fertilizer by the landowner

• slaves

• carpetbaggers

• scalawags

• sharecroppers

The 13th Amendment

• gave former slaves citizenship

• gave former slaves the right to vote

• gave slaves their freedom

• gave women the right to vote

The 14th Amendment to the Constitution ...

• abolished slavery

• gave former slaves their citizenship

• gave former slaves the right to vote

• gave women the right to own property

Some of the goals of the Freedmen's Bureau included

• helping former slaves vote

• building and running schools

• providing food and clothing for former slaves

• all of the above

Why did Sharecropping and tenant farming become the dominant form of agriculture after the Civil War?

• many former Confederate soldiers were available to work

• the government offered farmers incentives to practice sharecropping

• there were many former slaves who needed work and plantation owners who needed labor

• people flocked to the south after the war for jobs

What did the 13th amendment accomplish?

• It mad slavery illegal

• Grants citizenship & equal protection

• Guarantees voting rights

What did the 14th amendment accomplish?

• Freedom of religion

• Grants citizenship and equal protection

• Made slavery illegal

• Guarantees voting rights

What did the 15th amendment accomplish?

• Grants citizenship & equal protection

• Right to bear arms

• Bans slavery

• Guarantees voting rights