H6 Reconstruction

What impact did the 13th Amendment to the Constitution have on the American slave population?

• The federal government determined that slaves were considered property of their masters and could legally be brought back by force if they successfully escaped from their masters.

• Slaves were legally able to purchase their freedom from their masters if they worked enough and collected the same amount that they were worth when purchased.

• Slaves only within the Confederate States were determined free or emancipated based on the condition of the Union winning the Civil War.

• The institution of slavery became illegal in America and the the newly freed men and women began to search for jobs in cities.

What impact did the 14th amendment to the Constitution have on the American slave population?

• It took land that had formerly belonged to slave owners and gave it to the former slaves.

• It gave citizenship to African Americans, giving them the same rights and protection.

• It prevented Southern states from ever seceding from the United States again.

• It said that any person who served in the Confederate army was not able to run for government office.

What impact did the 15th Amendment to the Constitution have on the African American population?

• African American men and women began to practice their new gained freedoms and used their right to vote to elect several females into political office.

• Male citizens of all races were able to cast their vote in public elections allowing for more men of color to represent the needs of their voters.

• The Ku Klux Klan was forced to end its violence towards people of color that were attempting to vote.

• Slavery and involuntary servitude was made illegal within the United States and these newly freedmen were granted citizenship.

What was President Abraham Lincoln's plan to bring the Confederate states back into the Union generally known as?

• the Wade-Davis Plan

• the Ten Percent Plan

• the Fifty Percent Plan

• the Ironclad Oath Plan

Which of the following statements correctly compares the Freedmen's Bureau and the Ku Klux Klan?

• Both the Freedmen's Bureau and the Ku Klux Klan were eventually outlawed by Congress.

• Both the Freedmen's Bureau and the Ku Klux Klan were originally created through acts of Congress

• Both the Freedmen's Bureau and the Ku Klux Klan used violent means to accomplish their goals

• Both the Freedmen's Bureau and the Ku Klux Klan were created in response to changing social conditions.

Why were thirty-two newly elected members of the Georgia General Assembly removed from the legislature during Reconstruction?

• to limit the political power and influence of African Americans

• to purge the government of former Confederate supporters

• to make the legislature more representative of the state's population

• to eliminate opposition to legislation addressing social inequality

How did the United States respond to the removal of African American legislators from the Georgia General Assembly?

• The federal government refused to readmit Georgia to the United States.

• The Supreme Court ruled that new elections must be held immediately.

• The Freedmen's Bureau stopped providing aid to Georgia's citizens

• The president dissolved the assembly and called for new elections.

Following the Civil War, which crop was the MOST essential factor in the economic recovery of Georgia?

• corn

• cotton

• indigo

• wheat

This gave all men regardless of race the right to vote.

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

This secret society attempted to keep Freedmen from exercising their rights through threats and violence.

• the Freedmen's Bureau

• The Anti-Freedmen Group

• the Ku Klux Klan

• the NAACP