Reconstruction Review

Which of these best describes the situation in the USA at the end of the Civil War?

• The USA remained unchanged

• The South lost the war and it suffered much greater losses than the North

• The South won and slavery was upheld

• The Northern states separated from the USA and joined Canada

The 13th Amendment stated that...

• that voting rights would be given to everyone regardless of their race

• The South would be punished for using slavery

• Women had the right to vote

• Slavery would no longer be allowed in the USA

The 14th Amendment stated...

• that all people have equal rights and protections under the law

• that slavery was abolished

• that the South would be occupied by the military

• that taxes were illegal

What was Reconstruction?

• The period of time after the Civil War where the US rebuilt the country

• The process of rebuilding the Freedmen's Bureau

• A process during the Civil War where the North helped the South get on its feet

• Ending slavery

The 15th Amendment stated that...

• African Americans could now serve in congress

• Rutherford B. Hayes had won the presidential election

• All men had the right to vote despite their race

• there can be no cruel or unusual punishments

The freeing of Slaves caused economic problems in the South because...

• Freed slaves moved to other countries

• there was now no one working in the crop fields, and plantation owners would now have to pay for their labor

• there were so many people going to college that no one wanted to farm

• the wages of freed slaves were now too high

Which of the following describes what Radical Republicans wanted?

• For slavery to continue

• For Abraham Lincoln to be impeached

• For the South to stay forever separated from the North

• For the South to change and to give African Americans rights, including the right to vote

The Freedmen's Bureau's main goal was to...

• to free all slaves.

• help freed slaves find work, homes, and education.

• investigate crimes in the US.

• enforce Black Codes.

Laws designed to stop African Americans from having equality were called...

• Anti-freedom laws

• Sharecropping laws

• Black Codes

• Race Codes

What did the Military Reconstruction Act of 1867 do?

• It divided the South into different districts that would be supervised by the US military

• It made it so that the military would have five branches including a Space Force

• It allowed for the South to have its own military

• It granted the right for African Americans to serve in the military