USA-13th, 14th, & 15th Amendments

In this sentence: Congress prepared for the many challenges the nation would face a war's end, particularly the integration of 4 million newly emancipated African Americans into the political life of the nation. Using context clues what does "emancipated" mean?

• enslaved

• liberated

• criminal

• challenging

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What did congressional reconstruction include?

• The thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments to the constitution.

• The abolition of slavery.

• The reinstatement of Congress.

• It included the mass incarceration of inmates.

What was the purpose of Congressional Reconstruction?

• It extended civil and legal protections to underage children.

• It extended civil and legal protections to reformed inmates.

• It extended civil and legal protections to current slaves.

• It extended civil and legal protections to former enslaved people.

Where was slavery abolished? By whom? 2 part answer.

• District of Columbia / Congress

• New York / Abraham Lincoln

• Texas / George Bush

• Memphis / Harriet Tubman

Which presidents proclamation ended the practice of slavery in rebellious states in 1863?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jimmy Carter

• John Wilkes Booth

• George Washington

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

The federal government required new stated constitutions in former confederate states to _____________________________.

• Free slaves ASAP

• Give slaves 40 acres and a mule.

• Let slaves learn to read.

• include the abolition of slavery.

Senators Lyman Trumball of __________, Charles Sumner of ____________, and John Henderson of ______________, sponsored resolutions for a constitutional amendment to abolish slavery nationwide.

• Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri

• Texas, Kansas, California

• Virginia, Jamestown, Ohio

• New York, New Jersey, Wyoming

What date was the 13th amendment passed by the Senate?

• April 8, 1869

• April 18, 1870

• April 8, 1864

• April 12, 1869

What date was the 13th amendment passed by the House?

• January 31, 1874

• January 30, 1865

• January 31, 1865

• January 20, 1865

When was the 13th amendment ratified by the states?

• December 7, 1865

• December 17, 1875

• December 8, 1845

• December 6, 1865