Reconstruction plans and amendments

What was the primary purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?

• to protect the rights of American Indians

• to protect the rights of Americans accused of a crime

• to protect the rights of African Americans

• to protect the rights of women

define and explain the roles of the 13th, Amendment during Reconstruction.

• to ensure that slavery would never be used again in any U.S. state or territory

• to stop states from attempting to deny citizenship to freed African Americans

• to stop states from attempting to deny freed African Americans their right to vote

explain the roles of the 14th Amendment during Reconstruction.

• to stop states from attempting to deny citizenship to freed African Americans

• to stop states from attempting to deny freed African Americans their right to vote

• to ensure that slavery would never be used again in any U.S. state or territory

explain the roles of the 15th Amendment during Reconstruction.

• to stop states from attempting to deny citizenship to freed African Americans

• to stop states from attempting to deny freed African Americans their right to vote

• to ensure that slavery would never be used again in any U.S. state or territory

President Lincoln and the Radical Republicans had different views on Reconstruction. Read each quotation and identify which perspective it BEST represents. “To rejoin the Union, it will be a long and difficult process!”

• Radical Republicans

• Lincoln

President Lincoln and the Radical Republicans had different views on Reconstruction. Read each quotation and identify which perspective it BEST represents.

“We can allow states to rejoin the Union once they do these two important things: abolish slavery and adopt a new state constitution.”

• Radical Republicans

• Lincoln

President Lincoln and the Radical Republicans had different views on Reconstruction. Read each quotation and identify which perspective it BEST represents.

“Readmission into the Union needs to be strict. Let’s pass a bill!”

• Radical Republicans

• Lincoln

President Lincoln and the Radical Republicans had different views on Reconstruction. Read each quotation and identify which perspective it BEST represents.

“We should be fair to the South so that we can be united once again.”

• Radical Republicans

• Lincoln

President Lincoln and the Radical Republicans had different views on Reconstruction. Read each quotation and identify which perspective it BEST represents.

“Our country needs to heal as quickly as possible, and the only way to do that is to be one united nation.”

• Radical Republicans

• Lincoln

President Lincoln and the Radical Republicans had different views on Reconstruction. Read each quotation and identify which perspective it BEST represents.

“Before you can call yourself a member of the Union again, you must give the vote to all adult males, and we will approve your new constitutions.”

• Radical Republicans

• Lincoln