Reconstruction

What was the purpose of the Reconstruction?

• To tax the southern states as punishment for the war

• To help the southern states become a part of the Union again

• To keep the southern states from becoming powerful again

• To rebuild the industry of the norther states

Which of the following was NOT part of the plan that Abraham Lincoln had for Reconstruction?

• That only 10% of voters in a state had to agree to support the union

• That the plantation owners of the South could keep their slaves for five years

• That any southern who took an oath to the Union would be given a pardon

• That the process for rejoining the Union should be easy and lenient

Was President Johnson easier or harder on the Southern states and President Lincoln?

• Easier

• Harder

• He had no opinion

• About the same

Which amendment of the US Constitution outlawed slavery in all of the United States?

• 15th

• 2nd

• 13th

• 15th

What did the 15th amendment to the Constitution guarantee?

• The right for all men to vote regardless of race

• The right for women to vote

• Freedom of Speech

• The right to ditch school

What was the first southern state to be readmitted to the Union?

• Georgia

• Mississippi

• Tennessee

• South Carolina

What year was the last southern state finally readmitted into the Union and the United States was truly united again?

• 1860

• 1870

• 1990

• 1975

When the reconstruction ended, many of the Civil Rights laws were reversed by the new state governments.

• True

• False