7.07 Reconstruction

What does Reconstruction refer to?

• rebuilding the South after the Civil War

• making buildings better and stronger

Which is the best description of Reconstruction?

• rebuilding the US after a big earthquake
• a period of rebuilding in the US after the Revolutionary War
• a period of rebuilding in the US after the Civil War
• unfair treatment of African Americans after the Civil War

The 14th Amendment granted...

• freedom of speech
• citizenship and equal protection
• the right to vote
• the right to a speedy and fair trial

The 13th Amendment ...

• banned slavery
• grants voting rights
• grants citizenship and equal protection
• restores Confederate rights

Who could hold public office in the south during Reconstruction?

• African Americans
• Confederate Leaders
• Southern Women
• American Indians

Abraham Lincoln believed...

• African Americans needed Constitutional Amendments to guarantee voting rights
• in the southern cause
• southern states should have to prove their loyalty after the war
• preservation of the Union was more important than punishing the south

The Presidential Election of 1876 resulted in...

• military supervision of the south
• the restoration of voting rights for white southerners
• the end of Reconstruction in the south
• equal rights for African Americans

What were the local laws called, that limited the rights of newly freed African Americans?

• Suffragette Laws

• Emancipation Laws

• Black Codes

• Carpetbagger Codes

Match the following definitions with the correct terms.

• Right to Vote

• Local laws to limit the rights of freed slaves.

• Black Codes

• 13th Amendment

• Abolished slavery

• Freedman's Bureau

• To help newly freed slaves

• 15th Amendment

• Citizenship and equal protection

• 14th Amendment

Organize these options into the right categories. There are only three facts for each.

Groups:

(a) Lincoln's Plan

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(b) Johnson's Plan

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(c) Congress's Plan

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(d) All Three Plans

• oppose the 14th amendment

• be lenient only with Confederate soldiers

• support the Freedmen's Bureau

• 10% plan

• former Confederates allowed to retake control

• agree a plan is needed

• divide the South into military districts

• support the 14th amendment

• amnesty for Confederate leaders

• punish the South

• doesn't actually get used

• support the 13th amendment