Reconstruction After the Civil War

What as the 13th Amendment?

• It granted women the right to vote.
• It established the right to bear arms.
• It declared independence from Britain.
• It abolished slavery in the United States.

Who were the freedmen?

• People who were born free and never experienced slavery
• Individuals who voluntarily chose to leave their slave owners

• Descendants of a wealthy and influential family
• They were people who were slaves, and who had been released from slavery

What was Reconstruction?

• The period after the Civil War when the United States attempted to rebuild and reunite the country.
• The name of a political party formed after the Civil War.
• A famous battle during the Civil War.
• The period before the Civil War when the United States attempted to rebuild and reunite the country.

Why did President Lincoln want a lenient Reconstruction plan?

• To seek revenge on the Southern states
• To assert power over the Southern states

• To punish the Southern states for their rebellion
• He wanted to heal and unify the country after the Civil War

What does "lenient" mean?

• Permissive, tolerant or easy

• Demanding or unforgiving
• Rigid or inflexible
• Strict or harsh

What was the 14th Amendment?

• An amendment to the United States Constitution that granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and slaves
• An amendment to the United States Constitution that established the right to bear arms
• An amendment to the United States Constitution that abolished slavery
• An amendment to the United States Constitution that granted voting rights to women

Under the Reconstruction Act, how were policies enforced?

• Through the use of military force

• By relying on the support of local law enforcement and elected officials
• By implementing economic sanctions and trade restrictions
• Through peaceful negotiations and compromise

What does "enforced" mean?

• To give someone the option to do something
• To politely ask someone to do something
• To encourage someone to do something
• To force or make someone do something

What right did the southerners attempt to deny to African Americans?

• Voting rights
• Employment rights
• Education rights
• Land ownership rights

What does "deny" mean?

• Admit freely
• Refuse to admit or acknowledge
• Agree to acknowledge
• Accept without hesitation