Chapter 20: Reconstruction

What was the main purpose of this amendment?

• to abolish slavery

• to make African Americans citizens

• to guarantee African Americans the right to vote

• to protect southern slavery

Who became president after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated?

• Andrew Johnson

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

Who might be called a "carpetbagger" after the Civil War?

• a southerner who moved to the North to gain political power

• a freed slave who owned his own property

• a woman who protested for the right to vote

• a northerner who moved to the South to make money

Who was assassinated directly after the Civil War?

• Robert E. Lee

• Abraham Lincoln

• William T. Sherman

• George Washington

How did the 13th Amendment impact the United States?

• It ended slavery.

• It promoted religious freedoms.

• It ended punishments for crimes.

• It promoted slavery.

The ___ amendment gave all African Americans citizenship.

• 13th

• 11th

• 10th

• 14th

This diagram shows the relationship between freed slaves and white landowners after the Civil War. What was the name of the system represented by this relationship?

• carpetbagging

• indentured servitude

• sharecropping

• subsistence farming

How did the federal government try to empower freed African Americans after the Civil War?

• It made it illegal for wealthy whites to run for political office.

• It paid for travel costs to move to the North.

• It established the Freedmen’s Bureau.

• It created the sharecropping system.

How did the Freedmen's Bureau help freed slaves after the Civil War?

• They provided food and shelter.

• They created a segregated military unit.

• They moved freed slaves to the North.

• They put a freed slave on the Supreme Court.

Which statement best describes the Reconstruction plans of Abraham Lincoln?

• The South should be punished for seceding from the Union.

• The South should be brought back into the Union as smoothly as possible.

• The South should remain independent.

• The South should lead the federal government.