Reconstruction in Alabama

Which group was a government agency that provided food, schools, and medical care to the freed slaves and others in the South?

• Jim Crow Laws

• Freedmen's Bureau

• 13th Amendment

• sharecropping

The 14th Amendment said that...

• all slaves were free

• all women could vote

• all men could vote

• former slaves were now equal citizens

As a result of the 13th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, slave owners in the South ________.

• were required to free all of their slaves.

• had to limit the hours that they made their slaves work.

• could track down any slave who escaped.

• were forced to give a portion of land to each slave.

The Freedmen's Bureau was started by the U.S. government during the Reconstruction of the South. It was created to help former slaves. What was one thing the Bureau was responsible for?

• punishing former slave owners

• building schools for former slaves

• getting the 14th amendment passed

• hiding escaped slaves from their owner

The 15th Amendment was ratified in 1870, five years after Civil War ended. This amendment allowed the newly freed slaves to ________.

• become owners of land and property

• participate more fully as citizens by voting

• press charges against their former masters

• emigrate to another country

Which right did African Americans gain due to the Civil War?

• freedom

• jobs

• clothing

• housing

Why was Reconstruction needed in the United States?

• The Civil War destroyed parts of the country.

• The Industrial Revolution meant new building materials.

• The Revolutionary War destroyed parts of the country.

• Slaves had to be divided among northern states.

Period that followed the Civil War when states were brought back into the Union and the country was rebuilt.

• rebuilding

• revolution

• amendments

• reconstruction

Which region was allowed back into the Union during Reconstruction?

• North

• South

• East

• West

What does reconstruction mean?

• When the Texans created a new constitution after joining the U.S.A.

• A time of rebuilding and change

• A time of great economic, political, and social success

• When you get surgery to change something about yourself