USHC Unit 3 Section 2 #1 - Wilson HS

What was the purpose of the Reconstruction?

• Rebuild the South following the Civil War

• Politically restoring the Confederate states to the Union

• Rebuild the North following the Civil War

• Make internal improvements throughout the nation after the Civil War

What was the lasting impact of the Civil War?

• Upheld the theory of nullification

• Demonstrated the weakness of the national government

• Reinforced the political strength of the states in the United States

• Cemented federal authority in the United States

What were the laws passed in the Southern States during Reconstruction to restrict the rights of African Americans?

• Black Codes

• Slave Codes

• Jim Crow Laws

• Blue Laws

What organization was founded in the South following the Civil War, designed to limit the power of the Republican Party and the rights of African Americans?

• Free Masons

• KKK

• Anti-American League

• Knights of Labor

Which amendment to the Constitution guaranteed the right to vote for all men, regardless of race, color, or previous servitude?

• 12th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

Which amendment to the Constitution ended slavery in the United States?

• Emancipation Proclamation

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

Which amendment to the Constitution guaranteed all citizens "equal protection" under the law?

• 12th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

Whose Reconstruction plan punished the South for their role in the Civil War?

• President Lincoln

• President Johnson

• President Grant

• Congress and the Radical Republicans

What government agency was created to provided assistance to those displaced after the Civil War, this included food, health care, and education?

• Freedman's Bureau

• NAACP

• Black Panthers

• Daughters of Liberty

Whose Reconstruction plan hoped to restore the Union as quickly and peacefully as possible?

• Confederate States of America

• President Johnson

• President Grant

• Congress and the Radical Republicans