TCI L 23: The Reconstruction Era

After the Civil War, enslaved people became free when slavery was abolished by the

• Thirteenth Amendment.

• Fourteenth Amendment.

• Fifteenth Amendment.

• Presidential Reconstruction Act.

How did black codes affect freed people?

• They gave freed people the right to vote in the South.

• They encouraged freed people to attend school.

• They provided food and medical care to freed people.

• They kept freed people at the bottom of the social order in the South.

What does the Fourteenth Amendment guarantee to people born or naturalized in the United States?

• the right to vote

• U.S. citizenship

• the right to trial by jury

• the right to a speedy trial

According to the Fourteenth Amendment, what must states guarantee to all individuals?

• freedom of religion

• freedom of the press

• the right to run for office

• equal protection of the laws

Due process of law means that government must act reasonably and fairly in accordance with established laws. The Fourteenth Amendment applies this to

• only the court system of the states.

• only certain states.

• state and local government.

• only states admitted to the Union after the Civil War.

Why did Congress pass the Fourteenth Amendment?

• to protect the rights of freed people after the Civil War

• to increase the number of people who could vote

• to drive President Johnson out of office

• to abolish slavery in the United States

African American men were granted the right to vote under the

• Thirteenth Amendment.

• Fourteenth Amendment.

• Fifteenth Amendment.

• • 
    Military Reconstruction Act.

Most black voters joined Abraham Lincoln's political party, which was the

• Freedmen's Bureau.

• Democratic Party.

• American Anti-Slavery Society.

• Republican Party.

After the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment, southern states adopted new state constitutions that established free public education for

• the descendants of Confederate veterans.

• white children only.

• all students regardless of race.

• white children born in the South.

Who did Hayes run against in the presidential election of 1876?

• Andrew Johnson

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Samuel J. Tilden

• James G. Blaine