HOW RECONSTRUCTION SHAPED AMERICA

What was the primary goal of the Reconstruction Era?

• To establish a new government

• To expand westward territories

• To heal America's wounds after the Civil War and address racial and socioeconomic issues

• To punish the Southern states for the Civil War

How many casualties were there in total during the Civil War?

• Around 1.5 million

• About 620,000

• Nearly 2 million

• Approximately 800,000

What did Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation declare?

• The beginning of the Reconstruction Era

• The end of the Civil War

• The establishment of the Ten Percent Plan

• The freedom of all slaves in the Confederacy

What was the Ten Percent Plan?

• A strategy to end slavery in the South

• A tax imposed on the Southern states

• A requirement for 10% of voters in a Confederate state to agree to rejoin the Union

• A plan to rebuild the Southern economy

Who were the Radical Republicans?

• Southern Democrats opposed to Reconstruction

• A group that wanted to punish the South and end slavery at any cost

• Moderates who wanted to reunite the Union quickly

• Supporters of Abraham Lincoln's policies

What did the Thirteenth Amendment achieve?

• It granted citizenship to all born in the U.S.

• It abolished slavery, except as punishment for a crime

• It declared all citizens equal under the law

• It made voting rights universal

What were Black Codes?

• Codes used by the Union to defeat the Confederacy

• Secret messages passed among abolitionists

• Laws that legalized racism and segregation

• Laws that provided equal rights to African Americans

What was the main purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1866?

• To declare every citizen equal under the law

• To establish the Freedmen's Bureau

• To give African Americans the right to vote

• To end the Reconstruction Era

Why did the Reconstruction Era ultimately fail?

• Because it successfully addressed all of its goals

• Due to political infighting and unaddressed cultural issues

• Because the Southern states willingly complied with all Reconstruction policies

• Because it was never officially started

What was the Compromise of 1877?

• An agreement to end the Civil War

• A strategy to impeach President Johnson

• A deal to boost the Southern economy and end federal interference in race issues in the South

• A plan to redistribute land to freed slaves