Reconstruction

What is Reconstruction?

• It is a period when the North rejoined the Union after the Civil War.

• It is a period when the South rejoined the Union after the Civil War.

• It is a period when the United States rejoined the Union after the Civil War.

• It is a period when the Yankees rejoined the Union after the Civil War.

What was the purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

• to create equality for all Americans

• to ensure equal distribution of power between National and State government.

• to limit the power of the federal government

• to give all people the right to vote

The purpose of the Freedman's Bureau was to

• provide 40 acres and a mule for each slave.

• gain the vote for millions of former slaves.

• provide work, education, and relief for former slaves.

• get radical Republicans in positions of power in the South.

The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified following which war?

• The Civil War

• The Vietnam War

• The American Revolution

• The Spanish American War

The period of rebuilding of The South after The Civil War was known as

• The Renaissance

• Reconstruction

• The Guilded Age

• The Industrial Revolution

Which Amendment abolished slavery in the United States?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 3rd

Who would have most likely NOT supported the Freedmen's Bureau?

• An abolitionist

• a carpetbagger

• a former slave owner

• a northern business owner

What were Jim Crow laws?

• It was laws that kept African American separate from other Americans.

• It was laws that kept Native Americans separate from other Americans.

• It was laws that kept African American separate from other Native Americans.

• It was laws that kept Americans separate from other Native Americans.

Describe the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction?

• It was a group that took laws in their own hands to help black people have the same rights as white people.

• It was a vigilante hate group that took laws in their own hands to keep black people from not having the same rights as Native Americans.

• It was a group that took laws in their own hands to keep southern people from not having the same rights as northern people.

• It was a vigilante hate group that took laws in their own hands to keep black people from not having the same rights as white people.

What is segregation?

• It forces the coming together of races of people.

• It forces the separation of government officials.

• It forces the separation of races of people.

• It forces the coming together of government officials.