Alabama Studies Weekly Week 17

The living conditions of African Americans improved after they were emancipated

• True

• False

During Reconstruction, ___________ wanted laws that helped white people and ____________ wanted laws that helped formerly enslaved people.

African American students and white students being taught in separate schools is an example of what?

• segregation

• ratification

• adaptation

• emancipation

After the Civil War, Alabama began shifting from an agrarian society to an ____________ society.

What is suffrage?

• the right to work

• the right of a citizen

• the right to vote

• the right to own land

Which amendment abolished slavery?

• 1st

• 13th

• 20th

• 65th

How did the Freedmen’s Bureau help African Americans?

Answer explanation

The Freedmen's Bureau helped African Americans by

1. Establishing schools.

2. Providing teachers.

3. Building hospitals.

4. Giving clothes.

5. Food and tools to those in need.

6. Helping reunite families.

7. Helping soldiers get their

What are some examples of conflict in the Reconstruction period?

Answer explanation

Some examples of conflict in the Reconstruction period are 1. The instability of the government moving between Republican and Democratic goals.

2. Economic changes.

3. Race-based laws and segregation.

Which amendment gave citizenship to formerly enslaved people?

• 10th

• 12th

• 14th

• 9th

Which amendment gave African American men the right to vote?

• 2nd

• 4th

• 6th

• 15th