Week 29 Construction on the Tennessee Constitution

True or false. The 13th amendment said that everyone was free, the 14th amendment said that all men could vote, and the 15th amendment ended slavery.

• True

• False

The ____________ laws limited the rights of African Americans.

Which of these is an example of President Lincoln's plan for reconstruction?

• Equal protection and the right to vote for all men.

• Not allowing freed slaves to have land.

• Separate public facilities.

• Allowing women to vote.

Who provided access to schools and helped pay to set up new schools to help support the education of African Americans?

• The President

• The Confederate Army

• Washington D.C.

• Churches and charities

Unemployed African Americans were allowed to be arrested and African Americans could not own or lease farms. These are examples of what?

• The 13th amendment

• Black Codes

• The constitution

The purpose of the ________________ was to give aid to the newly freed African Americans. They also gave medical help to more than 1 million people. Fill in the blank.

I was the first African American elected to the Tennessee General Assembly. Who am I?

• Barack Obama

• Andrew Johnson

• Sampson Keeble

• David Foote Rivers

I bought a ticket on a whites-only rail car and refused to give up my seat. Who am I?

• Sampson Keeble

• Harriet Tubman

• Homer Plessy

• Ulysses Grant

What does the term "ratify" mean?

• To fix

• To approve

• To worsen

• To quit

What had to be reconstructed after the Civil War?

• Buildings

• Land

• The USA

• Government

• All of the above