Reconstruction Assignment

In what document were African Americans in the Confederacy freed?

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What was the Emancipation Proclamation AND how did southerners react to it?

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Which statements explain effects of the Thirteenth Amendment? Select TWO correct answers.

• The abolitionist movement achieved its goal of permanent freedom for African Americans.
• Profits from cotton production soared as African Americans began opening up new farms.
• African American men were permitted to vote in local and state elections.
• Former Confederate officials were prohibited from holding any elected political office.
• Freed men and women were unable to leave the South because they had no money.

Which statements explain the significance of the Constitution of 1876? Select TWO correct answers.

• It withdrew Texas from the United States.
• It created a new plan of government in Texas.
• It protected the rights and freedoms of Texans.
• It implemented Jim Crow laws across Texas.
• It required African Americans to farm cotton.

During Reconstruction, __________________________________________ was still the most important industry of the Texas economy.

• Agriculture
• Black Codes
• Fifteenth Amendment
• Fourteenth Amendment
• Slavery

The ________________________________________________ granted suffrage to African American men.

• Fifteenth Amendment
• Black Codes
• Fourteenth Amendment
• Slavery
• Agriculture

__________________________________________________ were laws that attempted to limit the impact of the Thirteenth Amendment.

• Black Codes
• Fifteenth Amendment
• Fourteenth Amendment
• Slavery
• Agriculture

The Texas legislature and most of the South refused to ratify the ________________________________________________.

• Fourteenth Amendment
• Black Codes
• Fifteenth Amendment
• Slavery
• Agriculture

___________________________________________________ was a heavily debated issue prior to the Civil War.

• Slavery
• Black Codes
• Fifteenth Amendment
• Fourteenth Amendment
• Agriculture

In a _____________________________________________ economy, the government has little control, and prices are based on supply and demand.

• Free enterprise
• Black Codes
• Fifteenth Amendment
• Fourteenth Amendment
• Slavery