Milestone Minutes 12

Which of the following helped African Americans in the South after the Civil War?

• Most white landowners

• The Ku Klux Klan

• The Freedmen’s Bureau

• Conservative Democrats

As a condition of rejoining the Union, Southern states had to first pass which amendment to the US Constitution, which officially ended slavery in the United States?

• 12th

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

Immediately following the Civil War southern states tried to limit the civil rights of blacks. How did the federal government eventually respond?

• They started the KKK to help blacks fight racism.

• Congress worked to pass the 13th – 15th amendments.

• The laws were allowed under Reconstruction compromises.

• Andrew Johnson forced southern states to revoke their laws.

What was the purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau?

• To provide former slaves with basic needs

• To fight for the freedom of Southern slaves

• To oppose federal troops in Reconstruction Georgia

• To make sure former slaves did not exercise their rights

Though it helped many people in the South, why was the Freedmen's Bureau not as successful as it could have been?

• It lacked support and funding from the federal government.

• It only served African Americans and not all poor Southerners.

• It was not supported by African Americans living in Southern states.

• It focused on education even though most people wanted unskilled jobs.

Opposed to Racial Integration, Violent displays of racism, and Formed in 1860’s to prevent rights for slaves. All of these describes which group during Reconstruction?

• Dred Scot

• Highland Scots

• Ku Klux Klan

• Freedmen’s Bureau

What were the northern states called that were against slavery?

• northerners

• confederates

• Union

• southerners

What document admitted California as a free state and passed the Fugitive Slave Act?

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Georgia Platform

What was the result of the Yazoo Land Fraud?

• Georgia ceded its land to the government

• Georgia sold all of its land to China

• The landowners traded with the west

• southerners gave away land for free

Southern landowners had a great deal of land but were in need of?

• seed

• equipment

• cotton

• laborers