Reconstruction

This act established direct military rule over former Confederate states until new governments could be formed.

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• The Thirteenth Amendment

• Civil War Act

• Reconstruction Act

The _____________ Era refers to the period after the Civil War.

The ​ (a)   Era refers to the period after the Civil War, especially in the ​ (b)   . ​

• Reconstruction

• South

• Civil War

• North

Who became president after Abraham Lincoln was assasinated? (a)  

• Andrew Jackson

• Andrew Johnson

• Ulysses S. Grant

• James K. Polk

What did the 15th Amendment do?

• made slavery illegal

• made former slaves citizens and gave them rights

• gave black men the right to vote

• gave former slaves land to begin farms

Which event is MOST associated with the change in American life shown in the sketch?

• The adoption of the Great Compromise

• The establishment of a two-party system

• The ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment

• The election of more qualified judges

The 15th amendment gave the right to vote to

• All African Americans

• African American men

• All Americans

• White Women

Which action opposed the civil rights advances that the Reconstruction amendments had promised?

• The temperance movement.

• The passage of Jim Crow laws.

• The passage of antitrust legislation.

• The conservation movement.

After Reconstruction, the gains African Americans had were taken away through ​ (a)   , ​ (b)   , and ​ (c)   .

• violence

• intimidation

• Jim Crow Laws

• John Brown Laws

• security

What did the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution accomplish?

• Granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States

• Prohibited the denial of the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude

• Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime

• Established equal protection under the law for all citizens