Reconstruction - Guided Review Questions

Among the many disagreements that the federal government and southern state governments had, which was the most controversial and led to war?

• Reconstruction

• Citizenship

• Slavery

• Trade

In the _____________ , Lincoln announced that all enslaved people in Confederate territory were free.

The period of rebuilding after the Civil War is called __________

The 14th Amendment says that the government must treat all people the same way. This idea is called _________

• due process

• equal protection

• abolish slavery

• emancipation proclamation

Fair treatment by the government is called ___________.

There are two types: what the says and how the law is enforced.

• due process

• equal protection

• abolish slavery

• emancipation proclamation

Select which amendment to the Constitution is being described.

Slavery is illegal in the U.S.

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

Select which amendment to the Constitution is being described.

If you are born in the U.S., you are a U.S. citizen.

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

Select which amendment to the Constitution is being described.

Due process and equal protection are guaranteed by law.

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

Select which amendment to the Constitution is being described.

Formerly enslaved people and men of all races can vote.

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

Select which amendment to the Constitution is being described.

Formerly enslaved people are protected by law and are citizens.

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th