8.7.4b | Understanding Reconstruction

What was one of the primary goals of Reconstruction?

• To expand the United States territory

• To abolish the federal government

• To bring the Southern states back into the Union

• To establish a monarchy in the United States

Which amendment abolished slavery?

• 15th Amendment

• 12th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

What did the 14th Amendment achieve?

• It prohibited alcohol

• It established the income tax

• It gave women the right to vote

• It granted citizenship and equal protection under the law to formerly enslaved people

Which group used violence and intimidation to prevent African Americans from exercising their rights during Reconstruction?

• The Ku Klux Klan

• The Black Panthers

• The Federalists

• The Abolitionists

What marked the end of the Reconstruction era?

• The signing of the Emancipation Proclamation

• The start of World War I

• The federal government withdrawing its support for the Southern states

• The election of Abraham Lincoln

What was the main purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• To end the Civil War immediately

• To weaken the Confederacy by freeing slaves

• To grant voting rights to all black people

• To punish the Southern states

What was the main goal of the Freedmen's Bureau?

• To provide food, shelter, and medical services to freed people

• To support the re-election of President Johnson

• To punish former Confederate soldiers

• To help Southern states secede again

Who became president after Lincoln's assassination?

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Andrew Johnson

• Jefferson Davis

• Benjamin Wade

What were the Black Codes designed to do?

• Promote black suffrage

• Grant land to freed people

• Support black-owned businesses

• Control and restrict the freedom of black people

What was the reaction of Northern Republicans to the Black Codes?

• They supported the Black Codes

• They believed the Black Codes were necessary

• They were indifferent to the Black Codes

• They were infuriated and saw it as a mockery of emancipation