Reconstruction - H6

Match each of the Reconstruction Amendments to the correct description.

• Fifteenth Amendment

• Outlawed the practice of slavery across the United States.

• Thirteenth Amendment

• Gave citizenship rights to formerly enslaved people.

• Fourteenth Amendment

• Granted African-American men the right to vote.

Match the following

• "Slavery is Over"

• 14th Amendment

• ""African Americans in the U.S. Become Citizens"

• 15th Amendment

• "African-American Men Vote in Elections Across the South"

• 13th Amendment

Which statement regarding the era of Reconstruction is FALSE?

• the 13th Amendment outlawed slavery in all American states

• federal law was changed to abolish slavery in states where it still existed

• state laws and customs upheld the constitutional amendments

• the 14th Amendment made African-Americans citizens of the U.S.

"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."

- Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

This amendment was created primarily for the purpose of

• granting former slaves suffrage.

• avoiding another Civil War.

• punishing southern states.

• granting women the right to vote.

The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments were all important additions to the Constitution because they

• repealed previous amendments.

• addressed issues that contributed to the Civil War.

• were passed over the objection of the majority of the states.

• granted more freedom to women.

Lincoln's "10 Percent Plan" dealt with

• how to draft more men into the Union Army.

• re-admitting Southern states into the Union.

• his idea for instituting an income tax.

• his quest to reconquer only 10% of the South.

(A)ll persons born in the United States... are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States; and such citizens, of every race and color, without regard to any previous condition of slavery or involuntary servitude... shall have the same right, in every State and Territory in the United States... as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, and penalties, and to none other, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding."- 1866 Civil Rights Act

This piece of legislation represents the political and social changes during the __________ era.

• Reconstruction

• Civil War

• World War I

• Prohibition

The term "Reconstruction" in United States history refers to the period after what event?

• the Constitutional Convention

• the Revolutionary War

• the Civil War

• the Declaration of Independence

Which statement BEST describes President Lincoln's views of the Reconstruction of the South following the Civil War?

• "Ask not what your country can do for you, but ask what you can do for your country."

• "With malice towards none, with charity for all."

• "The South began the war, and they should be punished for starting it."

• "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

The end of the "Reconstruction Era" is represented by which number on the timeline?

• 4

• 3

• 5

• 2