Are You Ready For Your Reconstruction Summative?

Are You Ready For Your Reconstruction Summative?

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What war did Reconstruction follow?

Multiple Choice

Where did most of the fighting take place in the Civil War?

• North

• South

Open Ended

What were some of the biggest changes after the Civil War?

The Civil War Changed America

• HUGE: Slavery ended (after over 200 years of existence in what is today the US)

• The federal government (Washington D.C.) became more powerful

• The Southern economy was destroyed

• Thousands of Americans had died by the hand of other Americans on American soil

• New medical, military, and technological advancements were made

• We had a new definition of citizenship: Anyone born in the US has equal rights by 14th Amendment (Didn't mean it was followed)

• All men were granted suffrage by 15th Amendment (Didn't mean it was followed)

Open Ended

What are three examples of ways in which Blacks became more free during Reconstruction years (1865-1877)?

More Freedom

• Civil Rights Amendments (13th-15th): End of slavery, citizenship, and voting rights

• Freedmen's Bureau: educational opportunities

• Universities and Colleges built for blacks

• Many black people served in positions of power during Reconstruction years: judges, political office, police, etc.

Open Ended

Give three examples of why blacks' were not free after slavery ended.

Less Free

Black Codes

Terrorism

Voter Intimidation

Sharecropping - Driving Many Into Debt

Federal Troops Leaving the South -- this led to Jim Crow Laws (laws to control black people), more terrorism, and lots of methods for denying the vote

Open Ended

What was Reconstruction?

Reconstruction

This was a time when the US government was trying to do three things:

1) reunite the states after 4 years of civil war

2) rebuild after the destruction of the war

3) find a way to fit newly freed African Americans into our country

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In the years after the Civil War, what did we call people who used to be slaves?

Open Ended

What was the 13th Amendment?

13th Amendment

This amendment says that people cannot be made to do slave labor unless they have been convicted of a crime.

Open Ended

What is the 14th Amendment?

14th Amendment

This Amendment says that if you are born on US territory, that you are a citizen of this country. As a citizen, you are entitled to equal protection of the laws.

Open Ended

What is the 15th Amendment?

15th Amendment

This amendment granted all male citizens the right to vote no matter their "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."

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This government agency was founded in the years after the Civil War to help former slaves and needy white people with food, medical care, and an education.

Multiple Choice

What's the name for a northerner who traveled to the South to be involved in Reconstruction?

• carpetbagger

• scalawag

• freedman

Multiple Choice

What's the name for a southern white person who supported Reconstruction?

• carpetbagger

• scalawag

• freedman

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What is the name used for the northern states during the Civil War?

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What is the name for the 11 states that seceded from the US during the Civil War?

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What are the laws that were created to take away blacks rights in the south? (They were later nullified by the 14th Amendment)

Open Ended

What did the North get out of the Compromise of 1877?

Compromise of 1877

In a tightly contested presidential election, the North got to have their Republican candidate: Rutherford B. Hayes

Open Ended

What did the south get out of the Compromise of 1876?

Compromise of 1877

The South got to have federal troop removed from their states. Now southerners made the rules for how southern Blacks would be treated in the South.

Multiple Select

What are two ways in which Southerners fought Reconstruction efforts?

• terrorism of politicians

• neglecting the project

• voter intimidation

• risking their lives for the project

Multiple Select

What are two ways in which Northerners failed with Reconstruction efforts?

• terrorism of politicians

• getting distracted from the project

• voter intimidation

• allowing their own racist ideas to get in the way