Reconstruction

What did Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation declare?

• The immediate end of the Civil War

• Freedom for all slaves in the Confederacy

• The abolition of slavery across the world

• The start of the Reconstruction Era

What was the primary goal of the Reconstruction Era?

• To punish the Southern states

• To heal the nation's wounds after the Civil War

• To rebuild the entire country's infrastructure

• To expand the territory of the United States

What was the purpose of the Thirteenth Amendment?

• To establish universal male suffrage

• To grant women the right to vote

• To make slavery illegal in the United States

• To allow former Confederate states to rejoin the Union

How did President Andrew Johnson's approach to Reconstruction differ from Lincoln's?

• Johnson focused on economic recovery only

• Johnson sought harsher punishments for the Confederate states

• Johnson allowed the Southern states to lead their own Reconstruction

• Johnson aimed to immediately integrate African Americans into politics

What were Black Codes?

• Military codes used during the Civil War

• Laws that provided equal rights to African Americans

• Laws that legalized racism and segregation

• Federal laws that aimed to rebuild the South

What was a significant outcome of the Radical Reconstruction?

• The immediate improvement in living conditions for African Americans

• The complete economic recovery of the South

• The end of racial discrimination in the United States

• The establishment of interracial democracy

What role did the Ku Klux Klan play during Reconstruction?

• They supported the Radical Republicans

• They helped to integrate African Americans into society

• They used terror to oppose Reconstruction policies

• They were a peacekeeping force in the South

What was the Compromise of 1877?

• An agreement to end the Civil War

• A treaty with Native American tribes

• A deal to officially end Reconstruction

• A plan to redistribute land to former slaves

What were Jim Crow laws?

• Laws that enforced racial segregation

• Federal laws that promoted civil rights

• Legislation that ended the use of Black Codes

• Laws that provided reparations to former slaves

Why is the Reconstruction Era considered a failure?

• Because it led to immediate economic prosperity in the South

• Because it prevented the South from rejoining the Union

• Because it did not fully address the rights and protections of African Americans

• Because it successfully integrated African Americans into society