Reconstruction.

Which amendment made slavery illegal?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• Emancipation proclamation

Answer explanation

This had to happen first, before other rights could be bestowed, otherwise certain people could be seen as property.

What Amendment was created to guarantee Freed Slaves citizenship?

• 15

• 13

• 14

• Emancipation Proclamation

Answer explanation

For slavery to be truly illegal this was the second step you needed to take. You have to be part of a country for it to protect you.

This was the first step in the Emancipation of the slaves, even though it actually emancipated no slaves.

• 13 amendment

• 14th amendment

• 15th amendment

• Emancipation Proclamation

Answer explanation

This only effected areas where the President had no actual power. Great speech though....

This was the final strike in the legal Emancipation of the slaves, and was the first part to be attacked by the KKK.

• 13th amendment

• 14 amendment

• 15th amendment

• Emancipation Proclamation

Answer explanation

Slaves had no say in how they were treated, with this right they would have a say in how they were Governed for at least, though many of these are needed to get stuff done.

Reasons for moving west

• Gold

• Stolen land to settle on

• $ through hat fashion

• Cattle Work

Answer explanation

First the British tried to draw a westward border through the _____________________, but Americans wouldn't listen, sparking the Revolution.

Answer explanation

The British fought and payed for the French and Indian War, so they drew a border because that is what you do after a war.

What were events that expanded the territory of the U.S.A.?

• Louisiana Purchase

• Alaska Purchase

• Oregon Treaty

• Mexican American War

• Annexation of Texas

During Western Expansion pre civil war, what always happened when new states started to politically unify?

• They developed their own state Constitutions.

• They killed each other over the question of legal slavery.

• They tried to build a stadium for a future Professional sports team.

Answer explanation

Mini civil war, everytime.

The purpose of the Freedman's Bureau was to

• provide 40 acres and a mule for each slave.

• gain the vote for millions of former slaves.

• provide work, education, and relief for former slaves.

• get radical Republicans in positions of power in the South.

What was Reconstruction?

• equal treatment for all people
• the forced separation of races
• a farmer shares part of his crop to pay for land
• the period of time after the Civil War