Week 20 Newspaper

Article: Reconstruction of Government, Economics, and Society

What did Andrew Johnson lead the nation to do when he was president?

• punish the rebels

• take senators to court

• reconstruct the South

• educate freed African Americans

Article: Reconstruction of Government, Economics, and Society

What was each state returning to the Union required to do?

• write a new constitution

• open seaports

• pay back taxes

• give plantation land away

Article: Free Citizens Vote

Which amendment abolished slavery forever in the United States?

• 12th

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

Article: Reconstruction of Government, Economics, and Society

Besides enforcing participation in government by African Americans, what did the Reconstruction Act of 1867 do?

• made the state governments pay taxes

• divided the South into military districts

• gave newly emancipated people land

• gave veterans benefits for life

Article: Free Citizens Vote

Which amendment gave citizenship to all formerly enslaved people?

• 12th

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

Article: Free Citizens Vote

Which amendment gave voting rights to newly emancipated men?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 16th

Articles: New Members of Congress

In 1868, what state had a majority of African Americans as members of state government?

• Alabama

• Georgia

• South Carolina

• Virginia

Articles: New Members of Congress

In 1870, which man became the first African American in the U.S. Senate?

• Frederick Douglass of New York

• Joseph Rainey of South Carolina

• Hiram Revels of Mississippi

• John Lewis of Georgia

Articles: New Members of Congress

Joseph Rainey of South Carolina became the first African American in which government entity?

• the executive branch

• the Supreme Court

• the Senate

• the House of Representatives

Vocab: New Members of Congress

members who are equal in their work

• convict

• preside

• colleagues

• impeach