Recon

"Reconstruction" was a time of rebuilding the South after what conflict?

• Renaissance

• Civil War

• The Revolutionary War

• World War 1

Which leader had a plan for reconciliation and preserving the Union after the war? (but didn't live long enough to see his plan happen)

• Frederick Douglass

• Robert E Lee

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

The Reconstruction Era was the __ years after the civil war.

Which of these amendments gave "equal protection under the law" to all persons born in the country?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

Select the location on the map that was annexed in 1845 which started a major war between the United States and Mexico over disputed territory.

Match the following person with the event they spearheaded...

• first African-American baseball player to cross the "color line" and join MLB

• Jackie Robinson

• Black law student who challenged UT LAW

• Rosa Parks

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Little Rock Nine

• Integration in Little Rock H.S.

• Freedom Riders

• civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States

• Herman Sweatt

President Lincoln promoted the passage and ratification of the __?__ amendment as a way to permanently abolish the practice of slavery in the U.S.

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

Read the passage provided. Why were "black codes" passed in the Southern states?

• to limit the effect of Reconstruction amendments that helped former slaves

• to increase the labor supply for factory jobs in the South

• to increase the number of Representatives from the southern states

• to improve their relations with the Democratic Party

Which of these describes the importance of the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• Members of Congress outlawed slavery in the entire U.S.

• Many plantation owners felt bad about what they'd done and decided to free their slaves

• More Northerners began to support the abolition of slavery

• Slaves in the South read the book and used it as a guide to help them escape

What does Reconstruction mean?

• to rebuild the North

• to rebuild the South

• to rebuild Atlanta

• to rebuild California