Reconstruction Review

After the Civil War, Congress passed a series of amendments called the Reconstruction Amendments. The ​ (a)   amendment stated slavery was illegal.

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 12th

Answer explanation

The correct choice is the 13th amendment, which stated slavery was illegal after the Civil War.

Which amendment to the US Constitution granted full citizenship to all people born in the United States?

Which amendment to the US Constitution prohibited the state and federal governments from denying the right to vote to any male citizen because of "race?"

(a)  

• 12th

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

Answer explanation

The 15th Amendment to the US Constitution prohibited the state and federal governments from denying the right to vote to any male citizen because of 'race.' Therefore, the correct choice is 15th.

Northerners resented by Southerners for hastily traveling South to make money off Reconstruction were known as

• Scalawags

• Sharecroppers

• Carpetbaggers

• Jim Crows

Making friendly again

• Reconciliation

• Reconstruction

• Servitude

• Preservation

This act established direct military rule over former Confederate states until new governments could be formed.

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• The Thirteenth Amendment

• Civil War Act

• Reconstruction Act

Which group wanted freedmen to be granted full political equality?

• Radical Republicans

• Abolitionists

• Unionists

• Confederate States

How did Abraham Lincoln wanted to treat the South? (a)  

• harshly
• leniently
• severely
• rigorously

What were free slaves called? (a)  

• Indentured servants
• Abolitionists
• Colonists
• freedmen

The ​ (a)   Era refers to the period after the Civil War, especially in the ​ (b)   . ​

• Reconstruction
• South
• Civil War
• North