Intro to Reconstruction

The period of rebuilding of The South after The Civil War was known as

• The Renaissance

• Reconstruction

• The Guilded Age

• The Industrial Revolution

Which Amendment abolished slavery in the United States?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 3rd

Which Amendment gave United States citizens of all races the right to vote?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 5th

What did the 14th Amendment do?

• made slavery illegal
• made former slaves citizens and gave them rights
• gave black men the right to vote
• gave former slaves land to begin farms

Southern states created the Black Codes to do what?

• limit African Americans rights
• expand Confederate rights
• give women voting rights
• jail Carpetbaggers

What's the best title for this list? 

• Black Codes
• Reconstruction Laws & Policies
• Civil War Codes
• Jim Crow Laws

Abraham Lincoln believed...

• African Americans needed Constitutional Amendments to guarantee voting rights
• in the southern cause
• southern states should have to prove their loyalty after the war
• preservation of the Union was more important than punishing the south

These were laws that made it illegal for African Americans to live or work in certain areas and allowed whites to arrest African Americans who were not working.  Once arrested they would be forcibly assigned to work for white landowners. 

• Freedman's Bureau Laws
• Reconstruction Acts
• Black Codes
• Jim Crow Laws

Reconstruction was the process of

• rebuilding the South after the Civil War
• creating land zones for freedmen after the Civil War
• instituting Black Codes for former slaves
• eliminating the plantation economy in the South

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