Understanding Freedom and Reconstruction

What was one action many freed slaves took after gaining their freedom according to Booker T. Washington's "Up from Slavery"?

• They immediately sought employment in northern factories.

• They took last names.

• They purchased land from their former owners.

• They formed political parties.

What was required for a state to be a part of new government under Lincoln & Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction?

• 50% of the state population had to take an oath of loyalty.

• 10% of the state population had to take an oath of loyalty.

• All former slaves had to be granted voting rights.

• The state had to ratify the 15th Amendment.

What did the 13th Amendment accomplish?

• It granted citizenship to all persons born in the United States.

• It banned slavery in the United States.

• It guaranteed the right to vote regardless of race.

• It established the Freedmen's Bureau.

Why did Northerners dislike the Black Codes?

• They believed the codes were too lenient on former Confederate soldiers.

• They felt the codes made it seem like people were still enslaved.

• They thought the codes unfairly taxed Northern businesses.

• They believed the codes encouraged migration to the North.

What was a requirement of the Reconstruction Act of 1867?

• States had to ratify the 13th Amendment.

• 50% of white men had to take a loyalty oath to the Constitution.

• States had to abolish the Black Codes.

• States had to provide land to freed slaves.

What did the Reconstruction Act of 1867 require states to do regarding constitutional amendments?

• Ratify the 13th and 14th Amendments.

• Ratify the 14th and 15th Amendments.

• Ratify the 15th and 16th Amendments.

• Ratify the 12th and 13th Amendments.

What was the purpose of military occupation of the South during Reconstruction in the year 1866?

• To enforce the Black Codes.

• To guarantee southern states accepted reconstruction.

• To protect Northern businesses in the South.

• To provide education to freed slaves.

What did the 14th Amendment, Section 1, primarily address?

• The abolition of slavery.

• The right to vote for all men.

• The all people born in the U.S. were citizens.

• The establishment of the Freedmen's Bureau.

What was something older freed slaves did after emancipation?

• They moved to the North to find work.

• Many returned to the plantations.

• They immediately entered politics.

• They started their own businesses.

What was required for Confederate soldiers or government workers to receive amnesty under Lincoln & Johnson’s plan?

• They had to pay a fine.

• They had to ask for a presidential pardon.

• They had to serve in the Union army.

• They had to relocate to the North.