Reconstruction Review

Which of the following best describes the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution?

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• An amendment to the U.S. Constitution that declared citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

• An amendment to the U.S. Constitution that declared that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws

• An amendment to the U.S. Constitution that abolished slavery.

• An amendment to the U.S. Constitution that limited the president to two terms

Which of the following best describes the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution?

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• An amendment to the U.S. Constitution that declared citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

• An amendment to the U.S. Constitution that declared that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws

• An amendment to the U.S. Constitution that abolished slavery.

• An amendment to the U.S. Constitution that limited the president to two terms

Which of the following best describes the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution?

• An amendment to the U.S. Constitution that declared citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

• An amendment to the U.S. Constitution that declared that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws.

• An amendment to the U.S. constitution that abolished slavery.

• An amendment to the U.S. Constitution that limited the president to two terms.

Which of the following best describes President Johnson's Presidential Reconstruction Plan? ·

• Southern state governments had to rewrite secessionist constitutions, have 10% of their population sign oaths of allegiance to the US, and ratify the 13th Amendment.

• Southern state governments had to renounce secession and ratify the 13th and 14th Amendments.

• Southern States had to renounce all their debts to the Union and ratify the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.

• All citizens in the South had to take an oath of loyalty to the Union and ratify the 13th and 14th amendments.

Which legal document correctly completes the graphic?

• Bill of Rights

• Black Codes

• Missouri Compromise

• 13th Amendment

Use the information below to answer the question that follows.

Congress created the Freedmen’s Bureau in March 1865 to support former slaves as they made the transition to freedom. Agents of the Freedmen’s Bureau worked to establish a system of free labor, mediate disputes over contracts and other matters, and to ensure that free blacks received justice and equal treatment in the courts and other public institutions.

Which of the following identifies another way that the Freedmen’s Bureau supported opportunities for former slaves in the South? ·

• It offered assistance for those who wanted to resettle in Africa.

• It helped to provide education by opening and managing schools.

• It organized political parties to elect African Americans to Congress.

• It provided transportation for workers migrating North for factory jobs

The purpose of the Freedman's Bureau was to

• provide 40 acres and a mule for each former slave.

• gain the vote for millions of former slaves.

• provide work, education, and relief for former slaves.

• get radical Republicans in positions of power in the south.

The period of time after the Civil War when the country focused on rejoining and rebuilding the country was called:

• Renaissance

• Reconstruction

• Reclamation

• The New South

Which of the following TWO groups would be most likely to push for advancements in rights for Black people in the United States during reconstruction?

• KKK

• Democrats

• Freedmen's Bureau

• Radical Republicans

• Former Plantation owners

Which of the following THREE would have most likely fought against rights for Black Georgians during Reconstruction?

• KKK

• Democrats

• Radical Republicans

• Freedmen's Bureau

• Former Plantation owners