Unit 8: Reconstruction

In Georgia, the ratification of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments directly resulted in

• the collapse of the Georgia Republican Party and the ousting of its elected officials.

• the election of African Americans to serve in public office throughout the state.

• the reduction of funding for the Freedmen's Bureau from the state budget.

• the founding of African American state universities and colleges.

Based on the timeline, when was slavery outlawed in the entire United States?

• January 1, 1863
  

• February 3, 1870

• July 28, 1868

• December 6, 1865

The Fourteenth Amendment was the federal government's response to

• popular opposition to the draft.

• the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford.

• Republican control of Southern state governments.

• Black Codes enacted in the South.

Why was the Thirteenth Amendment significant to Georgia during Reconstruction?

• Georgia was required to ratify the amendment before it was eligible to rejoin the Union.

• Georgia's legislature voted to nullify the amendment during Presidential Reconstruction.

• The government refused to begin Reconstruction until Georgia ratified the amendment.

• The government removed federal troops from Georgia after the state ratified the amendment.

What was one reason that Georgia remained under US military control after it held its second Reconstruction-era constitutional convention in 1867–1868?

• President Andrew Johnson took control of Reconstruction and set harsh preconditions for readmission to the Union.

• Georgia refused to ratify the Fifteenth Amendment and grant African American men the right to vote.

• Georgia refused to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment and free African Americans held in slavery.

• President Abraham Lincoln took control of Reconstruction and set harsh preconditions for readmission to the Union.

Use the information to answer the question.

In Dred Scott v. Sanford, the Supreme Court ruled that African Americans could not be citizens of the United States.

Which amendment overturned that ruling?

• the Thirteenth Amendment

• the Sixteenth Amendment

• the Fifteenth Amendment

• the Fourteenth Amendment

What were southern states required to do before applying for readmission to the Union following the Civil War?

• ratify the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments

• adopt laws banning discrimination against African Americans

• arrest and imprison all Confederate officers and politicians

• pay reparations to all African Americans in their territory

Why was the former Confederacy divided into military districts by the federal government?

Select all that apply.

• Confederate veterans could not find work.

• The Southern economy had not yet recovered from the war.

• A large number of immigrants moved to the South.

• Southern states refused to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment.

• The Ku Klux Klan grew in strength.

What allowed Georgia to finally rejoin the Union in 1870, becoming the last former Confederate state to do so?

• Georgia outlawed poll taxes.

• Georgia banned the Ku Klux Klan.

• Georgia granted women the right to vote.

• Georgia ratified the Fifteenth Amendment.

Which of the following resulted from African Americans voting in Georgia during the Reconstruction Era?

• The Redeemer Party rose to prominence in state and local politics.

• The Democratic Party maintained control of the state and local governments.

• Federal troops were deployed to monitor elections and limit the influence of the Ku Klux Klan.

• A new state constitution with provisions for the rights of African Americans and women was adopted.