Week 20 - Building the Peace 1865-1877 Studies Weekly

Reconstruction of Government, Economics, and Society

Besides enforcing participation in government by African Americans, what did the Reconstruction Act of 1867 do?

• made the state governments pay taxes

• divided the South into military districts

• gave newly emancipated people land

• gave veterans benefits for life

Reconstruction of Government, Economics, and Society

Matching: Match each statement with its effect after the Civil War.

• political effect

• The North passed extra laws to punish the South.

• economic effect

• Formerly enslaved people were still mistreated.

• social effect

• Carpetbaggers from the North took over Southern businesses.

Reconstruction of Government, Economics, and Society

What did Andrew Johnson lead the nation to do when he was president?

• punish the rebels

• take senators to court

• reconstruct of the South

• educate freed African Americans

Free Citizens Vote

What were the immediate effects of the Civil War?

Select 2 that apply.

• The economy in the South improved.

• The 13th Amendment abolished slavery.

• The 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote.

• The 14th Amendment granted citizenship to all people born in the United States.

Free Citizens Vote

How did the government protect the practice represented in this image?

• by encouraging a rebellion

• by ratifying the 13th Amendment

• by ratifying the 15th Amendment

• by letting the states decide the issue

Free Citizens Vote

Read the following passage, and answer the question.

“All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” -14th Amendment

Why did Congress ratify this amendment?

• to end the Civil War

• to give citizenship to people born in the U.S.

• to grant women the right to vote

• to grant African Americans the right to vote

Free Citizens Vote

Matching: Match the amendment to its description.

• granted citizenship to people born in the U.S.

• 13th Amendment

• granted African American men the right to vote

• 15th Amendment

• abolished slavery

• 14th Amendment

Free Citizens Vote

Read the following passage and answer the question.

“The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” -15th Amendment

Why did Congress ratify this amendment?

• to end the Civil War

• to give citizenship to people born in the U.S.

• to grant women the right to vote

• to grant African Americans the right to vote

New Members of Congress

In 1868, what state had a majority of African Americans as members of state government?

• Alabama

• Georgia

• South Carolina

• Virginia

New Members of Congress

Joseph Rainey of South Carolina became the first African American in which government entity?

• the executive branch

• the Supreme Court

• the Senate

• the House of Representives