UNIT 9: "RECONSTRUCTION"

The main goal of Reconstruction was to...

• readmit the former Confederate states into the Union.

• revive the economies of northern states after the Civil War.

• establish a new national government following the Civil War.

• provide newly freed slaves with land and money.

The Freedmen’s Bureau was a/an...

• organization created to aid freedmen and certain poor people in the South.

• religious organization made up of newly freed African Americans.

• group of politicians created to establish regulations for freedmen in the United States.

• group that concentrated on rebuilding the South’s economy.

What did ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment mean for African Americans?

• It gave African Americans the same economic opportunities as white Americans.

• It provided African Americans with compensation for their labor during slavery.

• It gave African American citizens the right to vote.

• It provided African Americans with a future free from slavery.

Abraham Lincoln’s main vision for Reconstruction was to...

• quickly return the South to its previous way of life.

• see freed slaves living as equals with their white counterparts.

• reunite the nation as quickly and painlessly as possible.

• make it difficult for the southern states to reenter the Union.

How did Reconstruction affect the social structure of the South?

• African Americans began to demand the same economic and political rights as whites.

• African Americans were recognized as equals under the laws of southern governments.

• African Americans received free plots of land from southern planters who were forced to give up land.

• African Americans received adequate compensation for their forced labor during slavery.

President Andrew Johnson’s plan for wealthy southerners and former Confederate officials was to...

• President Andrew Johnson’s plan for grant them amnesty through presidential pardons.

• have them pay off Confederate debts.

• make them federal representatives.

• force them to surrender their land.

The Black Codes were...

• laws passed that limited the freedom of African Americans.

• laws passed that provided economic support for freed slaves.

• identification numbers assigned to individual ex-slaves.

• demands from African Americans to southern governments.

Southern governments believed they were justified in passing the Black Codes because they felt that...

• the government was intended for white men only and not African Americans.

• the government should provide African Americans with the same discipline slaveholders provided.

• they were making the transition from slavery easier for African Americans.

• African Americans wanted some guidance on how to conduct their lives after obtaining freedom.

The Fourteenth Amendment defined who could be considered a U.S. citizen. Which group did the Amendment exclude from U.S. citizenship?

• antislavery supporters

• Native Americans

• African Americans

• Confederacy supporters

The Reconstruction Acts, passed by Congress in March 1867, affected the makeup of the southern states by...

• creating new governments and appointing Republican governors to each state in the South.

• dividing the South into new states controlled by leaders who had not been supporters of the Confederacy.

• dividing the South into five military districts controlled by a military commander.

• creating a new boundary that separated the North from the states that had seceded from the Union.