Reconstruction

What did the 13th Amendment do?

• Abolish Slavery

• Grant Citizenship

• Gave freed slaves the right to vote

• Removed the military from the south

What were the local laws called, that limited the rights of newly freed African Americans?

• Suffragette Laws

• Emancipation Laws

• Black Codes

• Carpetbagger Codes

What was guaranteed to African American Men in the 15th Amendment?

(a)  

What happened at the end of Reconstruction? (Select all that apply)

• The Southern states apologized and passed laws to help African Americans.

• Federal Troops (military) were removed.

• Jim Crow Laws were passed and were eventually nationwide.

• Racist groups like the KKK were allowed to continue their activity.

These laws enforced segregation and eventually became nationwide discriminitory laws.​ (a)  

• Jim Crow Laws
• Amendments
• Civil Rights Act of 1866
• Black Codes

What was granted in the 14th Amendment?

• Access to the Freedman's Bureau

• Citizenship and equal protection under the law.

• Right to Vote

• The right to bear arms.

Match the following definitions with the correct terms.

• To help newly freed slaves

• 13th Amendment

• Black Codes

• Local laws to limit the rights of freed slaves.

• Abolished slavery

• Freedman's Bureau

• Right to Vote

• 15th Amendment

• Citizenship and equal protection

• 14th Amendment

The ​ (a)   made ​ (b)   legal and allowed ​ (c)   to flourish in the South and eventually became ​ (d)   laws that lasted for ​ (e)   .

• Jim Crow Laws
• segregation
• discrimination
• nationwide
• decades

With the passage of the Reconstruction Amendments (13, 14 and 15th) , The Black Codes, KKK and Jim Crow Laws didn't matter and African Americans had many rights and lived freely.

• True

• False

Was Reconstruction a success or failure?

• Success

• Failure