Reconstruction

What was the goal of the Reconstruction Era in American History?

• To put the country back together after the war and protect the rights of African Americans.

• To win the American Civil War

• To end slavery in the United States

What did the 14th Amendment guarantee to all people?

• The right to vote for Black Americans

• Citizenship to anyone born in the United States and equal protection of the law to all people.

• An end to Presidential Reconstruction.

What was the Compromise of 1877?

• It was a plan to end the Civil War

• It was a plan that ended the Reconstruction Era.

• It was a plan that Democrats came up with to control the Reconstruction Era.

Which president succeeded Abraham Lincoln after his assassination?

• Andrew Johnson

• Radical Republicans in Congress

• No one, Lincoln's Vice President declined to become president.

What was Presidential Reconstruction?

• A period of time when Radical Republicans in Congress passed laws that were racist in Southern states.

• A period of time when Andrew Johnson wanted to work with former Confederate soldiers and sympathizers to reunify the country.

• A period of time when Democrats won control over the South.

Who came up with the 10% Plan for Reconstruction?

• Andrew Johnson

• Abraham Lincoln

• Radical Republicans in Congress

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 do?

• They gave Black Americans the right to become citizens of the United States.

• They abolished slavery in the United States.

• They made it possible for Black Americans to exercise their right to vote.

What did the 15th Amendment do?

• It gave Black Americans the right to vote.

• It granted citizenship to all people born in the United States.

• It abolished slavery in the United States.

Which amendment gave citizenship to all people born in the US?

• 15th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

What did the 13th Amendment do?

• It granted citizenship to all people born in the US

• It abolished slavery in the US

• It gave Black Americans the right to vote