Unit 7/8 Review

14th Amendment

• Freed slaves

• Gave citizenship and equal protection under the law to everyone born in the U.S.

• established the Freedman's Bureau

• gave voting rights to all African American men

15th Amendment

• citizenship

• abolished slavery

• voting rights to African American men

• created Black Codes

13th Amendment

• abolished slavery everywhere in the U.S.

• voting rights to African American men

• citizenship to all born in the U.S.

• Freedman's Bureau

What was the MAIN purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?

• to help slaves adjust to their newfound freedom and schools

• to battle terrorist groups like the Ku Klux Klan

• to serve as a voice for freed slaves in Congress

• to establish Black Codes to limit freed slaves' rights

Which was NOT a way the southern states weakened the effects of the 15th Amendment

• poll taxes

• grandfather clause

• literacy tests

• Black Codes

Which is an advantage the Confederate states had over the Union during the Civil War?

• numerous factories for producing weapons and ammunition

• a larger number of military troops in reserve

• an extensive railroad system for moving troops and supplies

• knowledge of the terrain where most battles were fought

Hiram Rhodes Revels was the first African American to

• win an election as a Democrat

• win a majority of the popular vote in Mississippi

• serve as a member of the US Senate

• run for public office in the south

Why did Southern states adopt Black Codes?

• to punish plantation owners for having slaves

• support Radical Reconstruction

• promote the Freedman's Bureau

• limit the impact of the Thirteenth Amendment

How did sharecropping limit the freedom of African Americans?

• they organized labor unions

• many former slaves became trapped in a cycle of debt

• agricultural workers moved to cities

• landowners sold property to pay wages to freedmen

What issue was Lincoln addressing to Congress right before the Civil War began?

• The right of citizens to choose representatives

• The power of states to organize militias

• The unalienable rights of citizens

• The legal ability of states to secede