YISD MS SS Grade7 Reconstruction and Government

This amendment freed all slaves without compensation to slave owners.

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

This amendment defines citizenship, requires due process and guarantees equal protection of the law.

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

The amendment said the right to vote "shall not be denied by race, color, or previous condition of servitude."

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

System of labor that replaced slavery but left African Americans in poverty and debt.

• Sharecropping

• Cattle Ranching

• Factory Labor

What were the 'black codes'?

• laws limiting the rights of African Americans passed by Southern governments after the Civil War

• laws protecting the newly found rights of freed African Americans

• another term for the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments

The period of time after the Civil War in which former Confederate states were rebuilt and then brought back into the Union was called _______________ .

• Reconstruction

• Reformation

• Revolution

Which of these words means "changes or additions made to a formal document, such as a Constitution"? (Ex: 13th, 14th, and 15th _____________.)

• amendment

• delegate

• ratification

Why is June 19, 1865, or "Juneteenth" celebrated?

• Texans who were former slaves learned of that Emancipation Proclamation had freed them.

• The last battle of the Civil War was fought in Galveston with a Union victory.

• The Freedman's Bureau awarded each former slaves 40 acres and a mule.

What is the name of the government agency that helped former slaves obtain homes, jobs, and educations?

• the Freedmen's Bureau

• the Abolitionist Alliance

• the Helping Hands

What was the overall goal of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments?

• to give former slaves their civil rights as Americans

• to clearly explain the requirements for U.S. citizenship

• to abolish slavery in all parts of the entire world