Reconstruction and Its Impact

What was the significance of the 15th Amendment?

• Gave African American males the right to vote.

• Abolished slavery.

• Established citizenship rights.

• Created military districts.

What was the outcome of the Election of 1876?

• Ended Reconstruction and led to the removal of Federal troops from the South.

• Established voting rights for African Americans.

• Promoted equality among all citizens.

• Created military districts in the South.

What was the Lincoln Plan for the South to rejoin the Union?

• Do not punish, only 10 percent of the state had to swear allegiance to be readmitted.

• Impose strict penalties on Confederate leaders.

• Require all citizens to take a loyalty oath.

• Establish military rule over the South.

What was the role of the Jubilee Singers?

• To raise money for Fiske University.

• To promote segregation.

• To support the Ku Klux Klan.

• To enforce Jim Crow laws.

What was the purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?

• To provide assistance to poor blacks and whites in the South.

• To enforce Jim Crow laws.

• To promote segregation.

• To support Confederate leaders.

What did the 14th Amendment provide?

• Rights of citizenship to African American males.

• Abolished slavery.

• Established voting rights for all citizens.

• Created the Freedmen's Bureau.

What was the purpose of the TN Constitutional Convention of 1870?

• Allowed the separation of races and created a poll tax.

• Promoted equality among all citizens.

• Abolished slavery.

• Established voting rights for African Americans.

What was the significance of the Poll Tax?

• Citizens had to pay to vote.

• It abolished slavery.

• It granted citizenship to African Americans.

• It established military rule.

What were the main reasons immigrants left their countries after 1895?

• To find work, escape religious conflict, and have more political freedom.

• To promote segregation.

• To support the Ku Klux Klan.

• To establish military rule.

What were Jim Crow Laws?

• Laws that segregated blacks and whites in public places.

• Laws that promoted equality.

• Laws that supported the Freedmen's Bureau.

• Laws that allowed African Americans to vote.