Understanding the Reconstruction Amendments

When was the Thirteenth Amendment passed by the Senate?

• April 8, 1864

• December 6, 1864

• April 8, 1865

• December 6, 1865

What was a consequence for states that denied voting rights to males over 21?

• Increased taxes

• Loss of representation in the House

• Federal intervention

• Public censure

What did the Fifteenth Amendment secure for African American men?

• Citizenship

• Freedom of speech

• The right to vote

• The right to own property

In what year did women gain the right to vote in the United States?

• 1920

• 1870

• 1868

• 1890

Which group used violence to intimidate African Americans from voting?

• The Union Army

• The Radical Republicans

• The Ku Klux Klan

• The Confederate Army

What was a significant impact of the Reconstruction Amendments on the Southern states?

• They led to immediate economic prosperity in the South.

• They resulted in the immediate and full integration of African Americans into political life.

• They imposed military rule over the South indefinitely.

• They laid the legal foundation for civil rights and equality, though full realization was delayed.

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a

punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly

convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to

their jurisdiction (authority). These words can be found in..

• 12 Amendments

• 13 Amendments

• 14 Amendments

• 15 Amendments

Which amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States, including former slaves?

• 14th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

What was one effect of Reconstruction?

• The immediate end of racial discrimination

• The South's economy became stronger than the North's

• African Americans gained political power through the right to vote

• The establishment of a monarchy in the United States

What was the main goal of the Reconstruction Era?

• To punish the Southern states

• To rebuild the South and integrate it back into the Union

• To establish new colonies

• To start a new government