8.1: Founding of Democracy

Reconstruction was a period following the ________

Which amendment abolished slavery throughout the United States?

• Second Amendment
• Thirteenth Amendment
• Fourteenth Amendment
• First Amendment

Who were the Buffalo Soldiers?

• Soldiers who enforced Jim Crow laws
• Supporters of racial segregation
• African American soldiers who faced challenges and discrimination
• Members of the Ku Klux Klan

What were the aims and effects of the Ku Klux Klan?

What were the effects of the Freedmen's Bureau?

• Restrictions on freedmen's rights
• The rise of the Ku Klux Klan
• The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments
• Assistance to former slaves

What were the original aims of Reconstruction?

• To establish biracial governments
• To divide the South into military districts
• To rebuild the Southern economy and infrastructure
• To provide economic and political rights to newly emancipated slaves

Which amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States, including former slaves?

• Thirteenth Amendment
• Sixteenth Amendment
• Fifteenth Amendment
• Fourteenth Amendment

What was the aim of Reconstruction?

• To develop American constitutional democracy
• To establish the Ku Klux Klan
• To provide assistance to former slaves
• To restrict freedmen's rights

What was the purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?

• To enforce racial segregation through Jim Crow laws
• To provide support and assistance to newly emancipated slaves
• To discriminate against African American soldiers
• To establish the Ku Klux Klan

What were the effects of the Ku Klux Klan's activities?

• Increased racial equality
• Promotion of civil liberties
• Suppression of African American voting rights
• Decreased racial violence