Reconstruction SOL 3A-C

What do the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments have in common? Select the two (2)

correct answers.

• They included protections for American Indians and women.

• They provided equal protection of the Constitution to all citizens.

• They allowed for Black Codes to be adopted as part of the Constitution.

• They provided rights to citizens that had once been excluded from the

  Constitution.

Match the amendment with the protection it guarantees

• 15th

  Amendment

• Grants citizenship to all persons born in the U.S. regardless of race, color,

  or previous condition of servitude.

• 14th

  Amendment

• Bans slavery in the United States and all of its territories.

• 13th

  Amendment

• Ensures all persons born in the U.S. have the right to vote regardless of

  race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

The 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments changed the meaning of citizenship in the

United States. However, some groups still were not included in those new rights.

Which two groups were the last to receive their full citizenship benefits?

• American Indians

• Women of all races

• White American males

• African American males

Reconstruction came to an end when-

• Lincoln became president.

• The Black Codes were adopted.

• Congress proposed the 13th Amendment.

• A compromise took place over the 1876 election.

How did the U.S. government attempt to help the newly freed enslaved people

after the Civil War?

• Provided free college tuition for African American men.

• Established public assistance programs which still exist today.

• Established the Freedmen's Bureau to provide aid to those in need.

• Recruited African American men to serve in the newly integrated U.S. Army.

Who is being described:

Fought for adoption of Constitutional Amendments that guaranteed voting rights.

Was a powerful voice for human rights and civil liberties for all people.

• Robert E. Lee

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

• Frederick Douglass

During Reconstruction, what were Confederate States required to do before they

could be readmitted into the Union?

• Adopt Black Codes

• Ban Jim Crow Laws

• Adopt the 14th Amendment

• Pass the Civil Rights Act of 1866

Select all that apply.

Robert E. Lee was a Confederate leader who-

• Did not support the end of the Civil War.

• Died before Reconstruction was fully in place.

• Remained silent about laws that created equality for all.

• Fought for constitutional amendments to protect all citizens.

Which political party took control of the South in the early 1870’s?

• Democrat

• Republican

• Green Party

• Independent

What was the cause? -> Effect: Removal of troops from southern states

• Black Codes

• Jim Crow Laws

• Compromise of 1877

• Civil Rights Act of 1866