Reconstruction

Amendment that abolished slavery

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

Amendment that gave citizenship to people born in the United States

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

Gave voting rights to African American men

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

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• Progress for African Americans as they are elected to Congress

• Progress for African Americans as they are allowed the right to vote

• Progress for African American women given the right to vote

After Lincoln was assassinated, _______________ became president.

• Andrew Jackson

• Andrew Johnson

• Andrew Hamilton

President Johnson's Reconstruction Plan required that states:

• Write a new constitution

• Declare secession illegal

• Abolish slavery

• Ratify the new constitution

• Elect a new governor and legislature

What branch of government writes and votes on laws?

• Judicial

• Legislature

• Executive

The Texas legislature passed Black Codes. Define Black Codes - select two.

• Secret words to help African Americans

• Laws that denied African Americans' civil rights

• Restricted African Americans' freedom of movement and work.

How did the Freedmen's Bureau assist freed people in Texas?

• provided legal aid

• regulated employment contracts

• protection from violence

In what ways were African Americans IN TEXAS denied their civil rights after the Civil War?

• could not vote or hold political office

• limited civil rights and freedoms