Reconstruction Reforms and Their Impact on Southern Society

Reconstruction Reforms and Their Impact on Southern Society

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History, Social Studies, Other

9th - 12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Patricia Brown

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Lesson 41 covers the Reconstruction era in the South, focusing on the resistance to Northern reforms, the Congressional Reconstruction Acts of 1867, and the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. It discusses the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, highlighting their impact on African American rights. The lesson also explores the social reforms in the South, the election of African Americans to Congress, and the expansion into the West through the Homestead, Morrill, and Dawes Acts.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was one of the main focuses of Lesson 41?

The Industrial Revolution

Reconstruction Acts of 1867

The Civil War battles

The American Revolution

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the result of Southern states refusing to accept the 14th Amendment?

The election of Abraham Lincoln

The end of slavery

The start of the Civil War

The beginning of Congressional Reconstruction

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who were the Scalawags during the Reconstruction era?

Ex-Confederates banned from voting

Former slaves who gained voting rights

White Southerners who supported Northern reforms

Northerners who moved South

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which group was known for carrying their belongings in homemade carpet bags?

Carpetbaggers

Scalawags

Ex-Confederates

Freedmen

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the significance of the 15th Amendment?

It allowed women to vote

It guaranteed voting rights regardless of race

It granted citizenship to all born in the U.S.

It abolished slavery

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate?

Frederick Douglass

Hiram Revels

Booker T. Washington

W.E.B. Du Bois

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was a consequence of the new state constitutions written during Reconstruction?

Reinstatement of debtors prisons

Abolition of public schools

Increased taxes for citizens

End of voting rights for African Americans

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