RECONSTRUCTION: America After the Civil War

Which of the following is the best description of the Reconstruction Era?

• The process of African Americans adjusting to life as freedmen

• Southern states rejoining the Northern states

• Lincoln allowing Congress to decide how the Southern states should be punished

Which words most accurately reflect Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction?

• “the government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish”

• “revenge is the justice due upon our southern counterparts”

• “with malice towards none”

• “all Americans, Northerners and Southerners, are due the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”

The purpose of the “Black Codes” were to

• ensure rights of African Americans were protected

• make sure the African American population was accurately counted

• keep African Americans as slaves

• limit many rights of African Americans

Which of the following is a specific example of how the Freedmen’s Bureau supported freedmen?

• Jobs were given to African Americans in the lumber industry

• Money was given to freedmen to buy food and shelter

• Education was provided to freedmen

• Trains and wagons carried freedmen to the North to find jobs

What was the significance of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution?

• African Americans were seen as equal citizens to whites

• Slavery was eradicated from America

• Voting rights were not determined by race

• States were allowed to rule on the legality of slavery

What is the significance of the 15th Amendment -

• African Americans were seen as equal citizens to whites

• Slavery was eradicated from America

• Voting rights were not determined by race

• States were allowed to rule on the legality of slavery

General Sherman defeated the south using this tactic:

• Total War

• Guerilla Warfare

• The Anaconda Plan

• Emancipation of Slaves

What Amendment grants citizenship to all person born on American soil except for Native Americans.

• The 14th Amendment

• The 16th Amendment

• The 13th Amendment

• The 15th Amendment

__________________________ means to formally leave the United States.

• Segregate

• Sectionalism

• Secede

• Separate

This is the year that the Civil War started?

• 1865

• 1863

• 1862

• 1861