Reconstruction Amendments

Which of the following was NOT a key question facing the federal government after the Civil War?

• How do we bring the South back into the Union?

• How do we rebuild the South?

• How do we integrate and protect newly emancipated African Americans?

• How do we allow Southern states that want to remain free the ability to do so?

What was the purpose of Reconstruction?

• To create a plan that would repair Northern states after the damage done to them following the Civil War.

• To create a plan that would repair the damage to the South and restore the Southern states to the Union.

• To restore the three branches of government after the South tried to eliminate them during the Civil War.

• To create a plan to pay soldiers for the services they rendered to the Union during the Civil War.

Which of the following was the main purpose of the 13th Amendment.

• No state could deny a person the "equal protection of the law."

• Gave every male citizen the ability to vote.

• Gave women the right to vote.

• Abolished slavery

Which of the following was the main purpose of the 14th Amendment.

• No state could deny a person the "equal protection of the law."

• Gave every male citizen the ability to vote.

• Gave women the right to vote.

• Abolished slavery

Which of the following was the main purpose of the 15th Amendment.

• No state could deny a person the "equal protection of the law."

• Gave every male citizen the ability to vote.

• Gave women the right to vote.

• Abolished slavery

Under these laws, African Americans in the South were not allowed to vote, testify against whites in court, they had to carry permits to travel and work.

• Pass Laws

• Black Codes

• Reconstruction Codes

• Abolitionist Movements

This amendment was passed in response to the Black Codes in the southern states that limited freedmen's rights.

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

Which of the following amendments granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States?

• 14th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

What was one of the main goals of the Freedmen's Bureau during Reconstruction?

• To promote the secession of Southern states from the Union.

• To enforce the Black Codes in the Southern states.

• To assist Southern plantation owners in regaining their land.

• To provide education and healthcare to newly freed African Americans.

Which of the following was a significant challenge during the Reconstruction era?

• Establishing trade relations with European countries.

• Rebuilding the Southern economy without relying on slave labor.

• Developing new technologies for industrial growth.

• Expanding the territory of the United States to the west.