Reconstruction Era STAAR

Which TWO describe the 14th amendment?

• Everyone given equal protection

• Granted former slaves the right to vote

• Gave citizenship to former slaves

• Abolished slavery

Who were the Radical Republicans?

• Congressmen who favored continuing slavery in the south.

• Congressmen who supported Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction.

• Congressmen who demanded equal rights for freedmen.

• Congressmen who supported Johnson's leniency on the south.

Radical republicans believed the south was "conquered territory" meaning it was under U.S. control until ____________________________

• freedmen were treated fairly.

• the reconstruction period ended.

• the states repaid their war debt.

• they apologized for starting the war.

Answer explanation

Congress believed they could use military force to make the south give equal rights to former slaves.

Why is Reconstruction seen as a failure?

• Unable to bring all southern states back into the Union.

• Former slaves did not truly gain equal rights.

• Slavery continued for several more decades.

• Abraham Lincoln was not around to make it happen.

Democrats that made their way back into political power after the Civil War were known as ______________________.

• Freedmen

• Radicals

• Senators

• Redeemers

What did the south use to keep former slaves in a type of slavery after the Civil War?

• Black Codes

• The 13th amendment

• Slave laws

• Naturalization rules

What is a sharecropper?

• A farmer who shared his crops with the hungry.

• A person who worked someone's farm for some of the crop.

• Someone whose farm was divided after the war.

• A person highly skilled in growing crops.

A southern man who supported northern Republicans was known in the south as a _________________________________.

• Carpetbagger

• Redeemer

• Freedman

• Scalawag

Who were carpetbaggers following the Civil War?

• Northern businessmen who came to the south seeking profit

• Southerners who supported the Republican party

• Southern Democrats looking to regain political power

• Labor workers in Georgia textile mills

What does the "equal protection clause" in the 14th amendment ensure?

• The right to self-defense.

• Citizens given same rights no matter the race.

• Immigrants are able to become citizens.

• Women and men have the chance to vote