Reconstruction #1

What does Juneteenth celebrate?

• The day the Civil War ended.

• The ending of slavery in the U.S.

• The day the 14th amendment was passed.

• The beginning of the Reconstruction era

What did the 13th Amendment do?

• It ended slavery in all parts of the U.S., except as punishment for a crime.

• It gave all people the right to vote.

• It gave all people born in America equal rights as citizens.

• It outlined how Confederate states could regain political power in the U.S.

What did the 14th Amendment do?

• It gave women the right to vote.

• It ended slavery everywhere in the U.S. except as punishment for a crime.

• It made all people born in the U.S. citizens who are entitled to equal protection of the laws.

• It gave all men the right to vote.

What did the 14th Amendment do to the Dred Scott Supreme Court ruling?

• It supported the Supreme Court ruling.

• It overturned the Supreme Court ruling because it said African Americans were citizens and deserved equal protection of the law and Bill of Rights.

What did the Freedmen's Bureau do?

• It provided jobs to freedpeople.

• It provided housing to freedpeople.

• It provided education to freedpeople.

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What is a freedperson?

• A person who worked on the Underground Railroad

• A person in the United States

• A person freed from slavery

• A person who believes everything should be free

Was President Andrew Johnson (the president after Lincoln was assassinated) more supportive of freedpeople or of ex-Confederates?

• Freedpeople

• Ex-Confederates

What the did the 15th Amendment do?

• It said the right to vote was a right only meant for people who could pass literacy tests.

• It gave women the right to vote.

• It gave everyone the right to vote.

• It said the right to vote could not be denied to someone based on their race or history of being enslaved.

What did the Reconstruction Act of 1867 do?

• It outlined how Confederate states could re-enter the United States.

• It required Congress to give money to the Freedmen's Bureau.

• It made Reconstruction the number one priority in Congress.

• It made plans to reconstruct the White House.

June 19, 1865 was the day that...

• Lincoln was assassinated.

• the Union troops captured Richmond and ended the Civil War.

• the Union troops finally made it to Texas to announce the end of the Civil War, and end to slavery.

• the 13th Amendment was passed.