Reconstruction Review

Reconstruction
1865-1877

Why would the South need to be reconstructed after the Civil War?

Categorize

Options (5)

Slavery is illegal in the United States!

If you are born in the U.S., you are a U.S. citizen.

Former enslaved men and men of all races can vote.

Due process and equal protection are guaranteed to all.

Former enslaved people are protected by law and are considered citizens.

Drag the description of the amendment to the correct amendment.

13th Amendment

14th Amendment

15th Amendment

Multiple Select

Pick the 3 rights given to African Americans by the 1868 Louisiana Constitution.

• right to use all public accomodations

• right to vote

• right to own slaves

• right to attend the same schools as white children

• right to own land

Multiple Choice

How did politics change during Radical Reconstruction?

• Only African Americans could vote.

• Former Confederates started serving in local, state, and federal governments.

• African Americans started serving in local, state, and federal governments.

• African Americans could no longer vote

• African American men were elected to both state and federal legislatures.

• To the left are the 7 African American Men elected to Congress in D.C.

• Louisiana's state legislature was now 1/3 African American.

Open Ended

How do you think former Confederates felt about the new makeup of local, state, and federal governments?

Open Ended

What type of government did the white supremacist group want?

Open Ended

What are the two groups agreeing to?

Open Ended

Compromise of 1877

1 Is it clear who won the election?

2 What do Democrats agree to?

3 What do Republicans agree to?

4 What happens to the rights of African Americans after Reconstruction is over?