the civil war and reconstruction

Choose all options that are correct: How did life remain the same for African Americans after the Civil War?

• Still denied voting rights through poll taxes and literacy tests

• Still discriminated against through Jim Crow Laws and black codes

• Still worked on plantations through sharecropping

• Still considered property in the eyes of the law

Choose all options that are correct: How did life change for African Americans after the Civil War?

• Slavery was abolished

• They were treated equally and fairly in the South

• They were granted voting rights in the Constitution

• They were assimilated into white society in the South

Which statement describes the attitude of the "Radical Republicans" following the Civil War?

• "Southern states should pass the 'Black Codes.' "

• "The Southern states have been conquered and should be punished for their actions."

• "Former Confederate leaders should be forgiven for their actions during the Civil War."

• "The country should follow President Lincoln's plans to reunite the country as quickly as possible."

Which Amendment gave United States citizens of all races the right to vote?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 5th

This reconstruction amendment stated that the right to vote could not be denied by race, color, or previous condition of servitude. This amendment was designed to protect the right to vote of African Americans, yet southern states found ways around it like poll taxes and literacy tests.

• Thirteenth Amendment

• Fourteenth Amendment

• Fifteenth Amendment

Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation declared that

• slaves in U.S. territories were free.
• slaves throughout the world were free.
• slaves in Confederate states were free.
• slaves in Union slave states were free.

The purpose of the Freedman's Bureau was to

• provide 40 acres and a mule for each slave.

• gain the vote for millions of former slaves.

• provide work, education, and relief for former slaves.

• get radical Republicans in positions of power in the South.

Federal agency created in 1865 to provide aid to former slaves.

• Freedman's Bureau

• Freedom Agency

• Black Legislators

• Federal Bureau for Free Men

Southern states created the Black Codes to do what?

• limit African Americans rights
• expand Confederate rights
• give women voting rights
• jail Carpetbaggers

Which Amendment abolished slavery in the United States?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 3rd