Unit 7 Assessment - Reconstruction

Use the quote to answer the question. 

“[N]or shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law[.]”

In which amendment to the U.S. Constitution is this statement found?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

What did the 14th Amendment establish in the United States?

• that the practice of slavery was illegal

• that the right to vote was held by all men

• that states could not limit the rights of citizens

• that states had the right to secede from the Union

Who gained the right to vote when the 15th Amendment was ratified?

• all women

• white women

• all African Americans

• African American men

What was the purpose of the 13th Amendment?

• to provide equal rights to citizens

• to secure voting rights

• to outlaw poll taxes

• to end slavery

Use the information to answer the question. 

“I believe that the state of Georgia’s new speech law limits my rights as a citizen.”

-Wendy Duncan, Georgia Resident  

Which amendment protects her rights?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

Which of the following was founded by the U.S. government to provide housing, medical care, and education to former enslaved people and poor whites in the South during Reconstruction?

• the Freedmen's Bureau

• the American Red Cross

• the Former Slaves Bureau

• the Civil War Recovery Association

What was the goal of the Freedmen's Bureau?

• to provide electricity and help control floods in California

• to help unmarried men find jobs and protect the environment

• to provide housing and medical care to former enslaved people

• to create jobs by building roads and bridges on the Oregon Trail

Why was the Freedmen's Bureau necessary?

• Freed people were struggling to find food and shelter.

• Southern farm owners could not find enough workers.

• The federal government needed a federal police force.

• Northern states needed help rebuilding houses and roads.

What key factor prevented the Freedmen's Bureau from accomplishing its goals?

• refusal of American Indians to leave their homelands

• violence directed toward African Americans in the South

• the redirection of resources to the settlement of the West

• lack of constitutional protections for former enslaved people

Other than freed African Americans, which other group did the Freedmen's Bureau aid?

• recent immigrants

• poor Southern whites

• injured Union soldiers

• disabled Confederates