Week 20 Building the Peace

Which amendment abolished slavery forever in the United States?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

What did Andrew Johnson lead the nation to do when he was president?

• punish the rebels

• reconstructed the South

• educated all African Americans

The U.S. Constitution provides a way to investigate misdoings by members of government. What is this called?

• criminal investigation

• committee hearings

• impeachment

Where must all articles of impeachment begin?

• the excutive branch

• the House of Representatives

• the Senate

• the Supreme Court

What was each state returning to the Union required to do?

• Write a new constitution

• Open seaports

• Pay back taxes

• Give plantation land away

Besides enforcing participation in government by African Americans, what did the Reconstruction Act of 1867 do?

• Made the state governments pay taxes

• Divided the South into military districts

• Gave newly emancipated people land

• Gave veterans benefits for life

What were northern business people who came to the South known as?

• Rug Salesmen

• City Slickers

• Carpetbaggers

• Con Men

What were many people who lived in poverty caught in?

• Cycle of debt

• Web of lies

• Money webs

• Pyramid schemes

What does the image of Charleston after the Civil War show?

• A city that remained untouched by the war

• Widespread destruction and damaged buildings

• A celebration with people rebuilding homes

• A large factory producing war supplies

What was the main purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau, as seen in the images?

• To help newly freed African Americans with education, jobs, and housing

• To punish Southern landowners for owning slaves

• To help Confederate soldiers find work after the war

• To move freed African Americans out of the South