Reconstruction Part 1

What was the Reconstruction Era?

• a period after the Civil War when the U.S. government attempted to restore the South to the Union (U.S.).

• rebuild the North and readmit the Union states back into the South

• rebuild the West and readmit the Confederate states back into the Union

• rebuild the West and readmit the Union states back into the Confederacy

In 1865, Lincoln was assassinated

• True

• False

Who took over as president after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated?

• Robert E Lee

• Richard Nixon

• Andrew Johnson

• Donald Trump

What did the 13th Amendment allow?

• All African Americans could vote

• All African Americans could run for political offices.

• All African Americans could have freedom in the U.S. (Banned Slavery)

• All African Americans could become citizens

What did the Freedmen’s Bureau provide for African-Americans?

• set up former slaves to be killed after setting them free.

• set up former slaves with schools, clothing, and medical care after the civil war

• set up free blacks to run for political positions

• set up former slaves to read and write in schools.

Which Amendment gave all persons born in the U.S. including former slaves, CITIZENSHIP?

• 12th

• 13rh

• 14th

• 15th

The Fifteenth Amendment provided-

• African Americans the right to sue in court

• African Americans the right to vote

• African Americans the right to pay taxes and buy property

• African Americans the right to move out of the South

According to the 14th amendment, how does someone become a citizen of the United States?

• Born in the United States.

• Live in U.S. for 10 years.

• Have a family member who is a citizen.

Who were the Radical Republicans?

• The northerners of the Republican party... who wanted to make radical reforms to punish the South

• Leaders like President Lincoln and Vice President Johnson… who wished to take it easy on the South

• Defeated Southern Leaders

What group formed in the Reconstruction era to try to bring Democrats back into political power?

• Radical Republicans

• Ku Klux Klan

• Freedmen's Bureau

• Democratic Party