Reconstruction Day 4 Warm-Up

Supported Constitution, believed it created a more stable Union, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison

• 1st Amendment
• 6th Amendment
• Anti-Federalists
• Federalists

Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition

• 1st Amendment
• 6th Amendment
• Anti-Federalists
• Federalists

Right to trial by jury

• 1st Amendment
• 6th Amendment
• Anti-Federalists
• Federalists

Against Constitution, believed it needed a bill of rights, Patrick Henry and George Mason

• 1st Amendment
• 6th Amendment
• Anti-Federalists
• Federalists

Boxes 1 and 3

• A

• B

• C

• D

Boxes 2 and 4

• A

• B

• C

• D

Hiram Rhodes Revels is significant to American history because he -

• symbolized the end of the Civil War
• helped grow the popularity of the Republican party in the South
• was the first African American to serve as a member of the Senate
• championed the rights of Hispanic Americans in state politics

What is the “great act” referred to by Charles Sumner in this excerpt?

• The Senate’s readmission of the last Confederate state
• The addition of Hiram Rhodes Revels to the U.S. Senate
• The Senate’s acquittal of President Andrew Johnson
• The election of the first woman to the U.S. Senate

A historian is writing an article for a history website. The article is divided into three topics. Which era in U.S. history is the focus of this article?

• The Jacksonian era
• The antebellum era
• The Federalist era
• The Reconstruction era