Reconstruction in Georgia

The time period after the Civil War is know as...

• Rebuild

• Construction Period

• Reconstruction

• Antebellum

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reconstruction

This amendment gave black men the right to vote

• 13th amendment

• 14th amendment

• 15th amendment

• 16th amendment

This amendment granted black men citizenship.

• 13th amendment

• 14th amendment

• 15th amendment`

• 16th amendment

This amendment abolished slavery.

• 13th amendment

• 14th amendment

• 15th amendment

• 16th amendment

Which of the following concerning tenant farmers is correct

• Tenant farmers usually made less profit than sharecroppers.

• Tenant farmers provided some of the materials that were needed to farm.

• Tenant farmers owned their own land.

• Tenant farmers did not have to share a portion of their profits with landowners.

True or False. The KKK had very little impact on newly freed slaves.

• True

• False

True or False. The Freedmen's Bureau had a positive impact on freed slaves.

• True

• False.

True or False. Many of Georgia's homes, businesses, and railroads were destroyed during the civil war.

• True

• False

Under Lincoln and Johnson's plan for Reconstruction, what did southern states have to do to rejoin the union.

• outlaw slavery and take an oath of loyalty to the U.S.

• surrender all weapons and ratify the 15th amendment

• put black legislators in office

• ask for re-admittance

Black legislators in Georgia were removed from the General Assembly because....

• They were uneducated and were forced out of office.

• They were against religious beliefs of most southerners.

• The Democratic Party wanted to maintain control of the General Assembly

• They had no right to hold these positions.