Reconstruction Assignment

In what document were African Americans in the Confederacy freed?

What was the Emancipation Proclamation AND how did southerners react to it?

Which statements explain effects of the Thirteenth Amendment? Select TWO correct answers.

• The abolitionist movement achieved its goal of permanent freedom for African Americans.
• Profits from cotton production soared as African Americans began opening up new farms.
• African American men were permitted to vote in local and state elections.
• Former Confederate officials were prohibited from holding any elected political office.
• Freed men and women were unable to leave the South because they had no money.

Which statements explain the significance of the Constitution of 1876? Select TWO correct answers.

• It withdrew Texas from the United States.
• It created a new plan of government in Texas.
• It protected the rights and freedoms of Texans.
• It implemented Jim Crow laws across Texas.
• It required African Americans to farm cotton.

During Reconstruction, __________________________________________ was still the most important industry of the Texas economy.

• Agriculture
• Black Codes
• Fifteenth Amendment
• Fourteenth Amendment
• Slavery

The ________________________________________________ granted suffrage to African American men.

• Fifteenth Amendment
• Black Codes
• Fourteenth Amendment
• Slavery
• Agriculture

__________________________________________________ were laws that attempted to limit the impact of the Thirteenth Amendment.

• Black Codes
• Fifteenth Amendment
• Fourteenth Amendment
• Slavery
• Agriculture

The Texas legislature and most of the South refused to ratify the ________________________________________________.

• Fourteenth Amendment
• Black Codes
• Fifteenth Amendment
• Slavery
• Agriculture

___________________________________________________ was a heavily debated issue prior to the Civil War.

• Slavery
• Black Codes
• Fifteenth Amendment
• Fourteenth Amendment
• Agriculture

In a _____________________________________________ economy, the government has little control, and prices are based on supply and demand.

• Free enterprise
• Black Codes
• Fifteenth Amendment
• Fourteenth Amendment
• Slavery