Unit 2 Reconstruction, Obj. #2 & #3 Reconstruction Begins

Which of the following is true about the Civil War?

• It resulted in the death of over 700,000 people.

• The institution of slavery was the cause of the Civil War.

• As a result of several advantages, including a larger population and an industrialized economy, the Union (Free States) defeated the Confederacy (Slave States) after four years of war.

• All of the Above.

A program implemented by the federal government between 1865-1877 to repair damage to the South caused by the Civil War and to restore the southern states to the Union, including an effort to address the 4 million newly freed peoples.

• The New Deal

• Reconstruction

• The Great Compromise

• Isolationalism

Established in 1865, this federal agency was responsible for assisting the 4 million newly freed peoples by providing them with jobs, housing, education, and reunifying them with family members who they were separated from as a result of enslavement.

• Freedmen's Bureau

• Civilian Conservation Corps

• Articles of Confederation

• Emancipation Proclamation

Referred to as the Reconstruction Amendments, these 3 Amendments did the following: 1) freed 4 million formerly enslaved people; 2) granted citizenship to these folks; and 3) granted the right to voted to freed men.

• Amendments 1, 2, & 3.

• Amendments 7, 8, & 9.

• Amendments 13, 14, & 15.

• Amendments 24, 25, & 26.

In an effort to restrict the newfound freedom & rights of the 4 million newly freed people, Southern States became to establish these laws and policies during the early years of Reconstruction, resulting in: 1) controlling where Black folks lived; 2) the convict leasing system; & 3) literacy tests.

• Black Codes

• Slave Codes

• Morse Codes

• Jim Crow Laws