Reconstruction

Use the quote to answer the question. 

“[N]or shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law[.]”

In which amendment to the U.S. Constitution is this statement found?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

What did the 14th Amendment establish in the United States?

• that the practice of slavery was illegal

• that the right to vote was held by all men

• that states could not limit the rights of citizens

• that states had the right to secede from the Union

Who gained the right to vote when the 15th Amendment was ratified?

• All Women

• White Women

• All African Americans

• African American Men

What was the purpose of the 13th Amendment?

• to provide equal rights to citizens

• to secure voting rights

• to outlaw poll taxes

• to end slavery

Use the information to answer the question. 

“I believe that the state of Georgia’s new speech law limits my rights as a citizen.”

-Wendy Duncan, Georgia Resident  

Which amendment protects her rights?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 16th

Which of the following was founded by the U.S. government to provide housing, medical care, and education to former enslaved people and poor whites in the South during Reconstruction?

• the Freedmen's Bureau

• the American Red Cross

• the Former Slaves Bureau

• the Civil War Recovery Association

What was the goal of the Freedmen's Bureau?

• to provide electricity and help control floods in California

• to help unmarried men find jobs and protect the environment

• to provide housing and medical care to former enslaved people

• to create jobs by building roads and bridges on the Oregon Trail

Why was the Freedmen's Bureau necessary?

• Southern farm owners could not find enough workers.

• Freed people were struggling to find food and shelter.

• The federal government needed a federal police force.

• Northern states needed help rebuilding houses and roads.

What key factor prevented the Freedmen's Bureau from accomplishing its goals?

• refusal of American Indians to leave their homelands

• violence directed toward African Americans in the South

• the redirection of resources to the settlement of the West

• lack of constitutional protections for former enslaved people

Other than freed African Americans, which other group did the Freedmen's Bureau aid origionally?

• poor Southern white people

• injured Union soldiers

• recent immigrants

• disabled Confederates