Reconstruction

1. What was the main goal of the Reconstruction Era after the Civil War?

• • To rebuild Southern railroads only

• • To welcome immigrants from Europe

• • To reunite the country and help formerly enslaved people gain rights

• • To remove the U.S. Constitution and write a new one

Why did the U.S. government need to bring Southern states back into the Union after the Civil War?

• • They had joined another country

• • They had created their own money

• • They had separated and needed to be reconnected to follow national laws again

• • They had built new cities during the war

1. How did the government try to protect the rights of newly freed African Americans during Reconstruction?

• • By creating the Declaration of Independence

• By passing new amendments to the Constitution

• • By building more railroads

• By giving them jobs in the North

1. What was the main purpose of the 13th Amendment?

• • To give women the right to vote

• • To allow freedom of speech

• • To abolish slavery in the United States

• • To create new schools

How did the 14th Amendment protect formerly enslaved people?

• • It allowed them to travel anywhere

• • It gave them land to farm

• • It made sure states could not take away their legal rights as citizens

• • It gave them free college education

Which group of people were granted voting rights by the 15th Amendment?

• Native Americans

• All former Confederate soldiers

• All former male slaves

• Women

1. Why were the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments so important during Reconstruction?

• • They helped rebuild cities after the war

• • They protected the rights of formerly enslaved people

• • They created new laws for farming

• • They punished Confederate soldiers

1. What was the main purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau?

• • To arrest former slave owners

• • To give land back to Confederate leaders

• • To move African Americans to other countries

• • To help formerly enslaved people adjust to freedom

1. How did the Freedmen’s Bureau support newly freed African Americans?

• • By teaching them how to vote

• • By giving them soldiers to protect them

• • By providing education, food, clothing, and job support

• • By building homes in the North

1. What made the Freedmen’s Bureau unsuccessful in giving land to African Americans?

• • Too much land was already taken by businesses

• • Southern laws were created to prevent former slaves from getting land

• The “total war” ruined Southern land, so there was none

• There were too many schools built on the land