Reconstruction

Black Codes were created to 

• provide farmland for African Americans
• guarantee equal civil rights for African Americans
• Support the Freedman's Bureau
• Restrict the rights of formerly enslaved persons

Which of the following Amendments allowed people the right to vote regardless of their race? 

• 13th Amendment 
• 15th Amendment 
• 14th Amendment 
• 16th Amendment 

Define the term Reconstruction. 

• Moving the Southern states 
• rebuilding the South after the Civil War
• reorganizing during the Civil War
• Creating peace 

The 13th Amendment... 

• abolished slavery
• created equal protection under the law
• allow everyone the right to vote
• provided Southern whites freedom 

What did the 13th Amendment do?

• made slavery illegal
• made former slaves citizens and gave them rights
• gave black men the right to vote
• gave former slaves land to begin farms

What did the 14th Amendment do?

• made slavery illegal
• made former slaves citizens and gave them rights
• gave black men the right to vote
• gave former slaves land to begin farms

What did the 15th Amendment do?

• made slavery illegal
• made former slaves citizens and gave them rights
• gave black men the right to vote
• gave former slaves land to begin farms

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

The US government created what organization to help former slaves and poor whites?

• Bureau of Parks and Recreation
• Free Food Bureau
• Jobs and Education Bureau
• Freedman's Bureau

These were laws that made it illegal for African Americans to live or work in certain areas and allowed whites to arrest African Americans who were not working.  Once arrested they would be forcibly assigned to work for white landowners. 

• Freedman's Bureau Laws
• Reconstruction Acts
• Black Codes
• Jim Crow Laws