Reconstruction

What did the 14th Amendment guarantee?

• Right to bear arms

• Equal protection under the law

• Freedom of Speech

• Right to a fair trial

What years did the United States engage in the Civil War?

• 1860 - 1864

• 1861 - 1865

• 1865 - 1870

• 1867 - 1871

What does the focus become immediately after the Civil War ends.

• Giving all men jobs

• Paying back any loan debts

• Rebuilding the United States

• Electing a new president

What major focus did the Reconstruction era address?

• Expanding Westward & Building Railroads

• Abolishing Slavery & Readmitting Southern States into the Union

• Establishing new states & strengthening foreign allies

Who was the President during the initial plans for Reconstruction?

• Andrew Johnson

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Abraham Lincoln

• Thomas Jefferson

Who was Lincoln's Successor?

• Andrew Johnson

• Andrew Jackson

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

What did the Radical Republicans believe should happen during reconstruction?

• Leniency of the south for an easy recovery from the war

• Punishment for the South and quick integration of former slaves

• Allow the south to take over their own state governments as it was prior to the war

What law made Black Codes illegal?

• The Voting Rights Act

• The Civil Rights Act of 1866

• The 14th Amendment

• The Reconstruction Acts

What did the Freedmen's Bureau primarily aim to do?

• Control Southern politics

• Assimilate newly freed slaves into American culture

• Enforce the 15th Amendment

• Collect taxes from the freedmen

What did the 13th Amendment accomplish?

• Granted Citizenship to all

• Abolished slavery

• Established voting rights

• Created new taxes