Reconstruction

This picture would look different before the ratification of the -

• 10th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

How did carpetbaggers impact Reconstruction?

• They helped to rebuild southern state governments.

• They prevented freed slaves from going North.

• They helped John Wilkes Booth assassinate Lincoln.

• They helped to pass strict black codes.

The Freedmen's Bureau assisted former slaves during Reconstruction by:

• providing land grants in the West

• requiring a poll tax when voting

• setting up schools to provide education

• giving men jobs as U.S. Senators

Who were the primary laborers responsible for building the Transcontinental Railroad in the United States?

• European immigrants

• Native Americans

• African Americans

• Chinese and Irish immigrants

What was the significance of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• It led to increased trade and transportation across the country

• It caused a decline in immigration to the United States

• It had no impact on the economy

• It resulted in the closure of all other forms of transportation

Hiram Rhodes Revels was significant to the Reconstruction era because he -

• became the first freedmen to make a million dollars after he was emancipated

• was the first African American governor of Alabama

• became the first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate

• brought awareness to the growth of the Ku Klux Klan in the South

Which amendment was a direct response to the issues addressed by the Emancipation Proclamation and the subsequent actions of southern states?

• The 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery

• The 14th Amendment, granting citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States

• The 15th Amendment, prohibiting the denial of the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude

• The 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote

Which of the following best completes this diagram?

• African Americans freedoms were limited

• African Americans voted in higher numbers

• African Americans played a larger role in the government

• African Americans were made slaves again

Republicans in Congress passed the ______ which outlined how southern states would be readmitted to the Union. These acts divided the South into military districts and required southern state governments to ______.

• Reconstruction Codes

• Reconstruction Proclamation

• Reconstruction Acts of 1867

What was the primary purpose of the Reconstruction Acts passed after the Civil War?

• To mandate the redistribution of land to former slaves

• To reintegrate the Confederate states back into the Union

• To establish military districts in the South

• To ensure the civil rights of freed slaves were protected