Post Civil War Transformation Review

What are the TWO main goals of Reconstruction?

• To integrate former slaves into the U.S. as citizens.

• To regrow the United States as the greatest power in the world.

• To abolish slavery.

• To reintegrate the North & South as one country again.

Which amendment gave former slaves full rights of citizenship?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

Which Reconstruction Amendment gave suffrage to black men?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

Which does NOT describe the Compromise of 1877?

• It appointed Hayes as the next President.

• It effectively ended the era of Reconstruction.

• It set up schools for former slaves to help them get jobs.

• It led to the removal of U.S. troops in the South.

Which Reconstruction Amendment abolished slavery?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

(a)   destiny is the belief that the U.S. had the divine right to expand from the Atlantic to Pacific (across the North American continent).

The _____ managed reservations for American Indians, and they often broke their promises made in treaties.

• Freedmen's Bureau

• BIA

• Radical Republicans

• Morrill Act

Which federal law gave 160 acres to Native American families in the "west" and sold the rest?

• Dawes Act

• Homestead Act

• Morrill Act

• Pacific Railway Act

Which federal law helped establish agricultural and engineering colleges (like Michigan State University)?

• Dawes Act

• Homestead Act

• Morrill Act

• Pacific Railway Act

Which conflict started as a "surprise" attack against Cheyenne Native Americans and ended with an investigation of the affair by Congress?

• Ghost Dance

• Little Bighorn

• Sand Creek

• Wounded Knee