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WorksheetsReconstruction SOL 3A-C
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 24mins
What do the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments have in common? Select the two (2)
correct answers.
They included protections for American Indians and women.
They provided equal protection of the Constitution to all citizens.
They allowed for Black Codes to be adopted as part of the Constitution.
They provided rights to citizens that had once been excluded from the
Constitution.
Match the amendment with the protection it guarantees
Bans slavery in the United States and all of its territories.
13th
Amendment
Grants citizenship to all persons born in the U.S. regardless of race, color,
or previous condition of servitude.
14th
Amendment
Ensures all persons born in the U.S. have the right to vote regardless of
race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
15th
Amendment
The 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments changed the meaning of citizenship in the
United States. However, some groups still were not included in those new rights.
Which two groups were the last to receive their full citizenship benefits?
American Indians
Women of all races
White American males
African American males
Reconstruction came to an end when-
Lincoln became president.
The Black Codes were adopted.
Congress proposed the 13th Amendment.
A compromise took place over the 1876 election.
How did the U.S. government attempt to help the newly freed enslaved people
after the Civil War?
Provided free college tuition for African American men.
Established public assistance programs which still exist today.
Established the Freedmen's Bureau to provide aid to those in need.
Recruited African American men to serve in the newly integrated U.S. Army.
Who is being described:
Fought for adoption of Constitutional Amendments that guaranteed voting rights.
Was a powerful voice for human rights and civil liberties for all people.
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Frederick Douglass
During Reconstruction, what were Confederate States required to do before they
could be readmitted into the Union?
Adopt Black Codes
Ban Jim Crow Laws
Adopt the 14th Amendment
Pass the Civil Rights Act of 1866
Select all that apply.
Robert E. Lee was a Confederate leader who-
Did not support the end of the Civil War.
Died before Reconstruction was fully in place.
Remained silent about laws that created equality for all.
Fought for constitutional amendments to protect all citizens.
Which political party took control of the South in the early 1870’s?
Democrat
Republican
Green Party
Independent
What was the cause? -> Effect: Removal of troops from southern states
Black Codes
Jim Crow Laws
Compromise of 1877
Civil Rights Act of 1866
How did the southern states prevent African Americans from voting starting in
the 1890’s?
Every southern state adopted the 15th Amendment.
Southern states implemented Reconstruction policies.
Southern states banned black codes and Jim Crow Laws.
Changed constitutions that added requirements such as poll taxes for
African Americans.
Which of the following is the best summary of the “Lost Cause” movement?
The “Lost Cause” movement sought to end Black Codes and Jim Crow Laws.
The “Lost Cause” movement promoted the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments.
The “Lost Cause” movement celebrated leaders of the Confederacy as
those who fought for an honorable cause.
The “Lost Cause” movement encouraged Southerners to cooperate and
reunite the country after the Civil War.
Select the two (2) correct answers.
Which of the following are characteristics of Lincoln’s 10% Plan?
Promising to pay poll taxes.
Accepting the end of slavery.
Pledging an allegiance to the Union.
Pledging allegiance to the “Lost Cause” movement.
Who became the leading symbol for the “Lost Cause” movement?
Abolitionists
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Frederick Douglass
Match the word to the definition.
Segregated black and white southerners
Jim Crow Laws
Restricted the physical and economic freedom of former slaves
Black Codes
Bans slavery in the United States and all of its territories.
13th
Amendment
Grants citizenship to all persons born in the U.S. regardless of race, color,
or previous condition of servitude.
14th
Amendment
Ensures all persons born in the U.S. have the right to vote regardless of
race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
15th
Amendment
