Reconstruction

What was the result of the 13th Amendment?

• It granted citizenship to anyone born in the US

• It abolished slavery in the US

• It reunited the nation

What was Lincoln's main goal for Reconstruction?

• to create 2 separate nations

• to abolish slavery immediately

• to reunite the nation as quickly as possible.

Under President Johnson's Reconstruction plan, states had to commit to 5 conditions- True or False

• True

• False

Under President Johnson's Reconstruction plan, states had to do all but the following:

• cancel war debts

• create a new state constitution

• repeal its act of secession

• give Freedman the right to vote

• ratify the 13th amendment

This was created by Congress to help former slaves

• 14th amendment

• Freedmen's Bureau

• Reconstruction plan

This amendment granted citizenship to anyone born in the US and guaranteed all citizens equal protection of the law

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

The Freedmen's Bureau did the following for former slaves:

• bought them houses, found jobs for them, and paid them $2,000

• granted them citizenships, found them jobs, paid for their schooling

• helped them find jobs, made medical care available, provided food

This amendment declared that states cannot deny anyone the right to vote because of race or color or because they were once a slave

• Amendment 13

• Amendment 14

• Amendment 15

What happened to the southern states as a result of the Reconstruction acts?

• They were divided into five military districts, each governed by the federal military

• They left the US

• They welcomed the freed slaves and gave them jobs and homes

These "laws" were designed to limit the rights of Freedman, help planters find workers (to replace the slaves), and keep freedman at the bottom of the social order.

• 14th Amendment

• Freedmen's Bureau

• Black Codes