Reconstruction Era Day 4

The 15^th Amendment allowed the right to _____ to African American men.

• vote

• free

• assistance

• citizens

Match the following

• Federalists

• Irish came to U.S. because of potato famine, worked in factories and on the Transcontinental Railroad

• 1st Amendment

• Worked to improve prison conditions and create facilities for the mentally ill

• Immigrants

• Freedom of religion (church/mosque), freedom of speech (criticize), freedom of press (media)

• Dorothea Dix

• Supported Constitution, believed it created a more stable Union

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Thirteenth Amendment

,

(b) Fourteenth Amendment

,

(c) Fifteenth Amendment

• African American voters helped bring the Republican Party to power in the South

• Plantations could no longer use slave labor

• Overturned the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision

• Gave African Americans the right to be citizens

• African Americans could serve on juries or run for political office

• African Americans could move anywhere

• All enslaved people were now free

Hiram Rhodes Revels is significant to American history because he -

• symbolized the end of the Civil War

• helped grow the popularity of the Republican party in the South

• was the first African American to serve as a member of the Senate

• championed the rights of Hispanic Americans in state politics

What is the “great act” referred to by Senator Sumner in this excerpt?

• The Senate’s readmission of the last Confederate state

• The addition of Hiram Rhodes Revels to the U.S. Senate

• The Senate’s acquittal of President Andrew Johnson

• The election of the first woman to the U.S. Senate

A historian is writing an article for a history website. The article is divided into the following topics:

Which era in U.S. history is the focus of this article?

• The Jacksonian era

• The antebellum era

• The Federalist era

• The Reconstruction era

The ​ (a)   placed a tax on all paper items in the colonies. Montesquieu believed in ​ (b)   to prevent government from becoming too powerful. Alexander Hamilton created a ​ (c)   to help generate revenue for the federal government and protect American manufacturing. As a result of the Siege of ​ (d)   , Union forces captured the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in half.

• Stamp Act
• separation of powers
• protective tariff
• Vicksbury

​ (a)   nullified the Tariff of 1828 which angered President Andrew Jackson and resulted in the Nullification Crisis. Francis Cabot Lowell created the ​ (b)   which put all the steps of manufacturing under one roof. The growth of railroads during the 19th century affected U.S. businesses by opening ​ (c)   .

• South Carolina
• factory system
• new markets for goods

How did the 13th Amendment to the Constitution affect the population of the South?

• It set up Carpetbaggers who came South to administer justice.

• It provided citizenship with all of its protections for freed slaves.

• It allowed slaves the right to vote although they had little opportunity to do so.

• It freed slaves to search for employment as sharecroppers.

How did passage of the Fifteenth Amendment in 1869 impact Southern state legislatures in the 1870 elections?

• It ended the Radical Republican majority.

• It imposed federal rule over Southern states.

• It increased African American representation.

• It permitted poll taxes to raise Southern revenues.