What was the primary goal of the Reconstruction Era in the United States?

• To reintegrate Southern states and address the status of newly freed African Americans

• To expand the United States territory westward

• To establish a new economic system based on industrialization

• To create a new constitution for the United States

Which organization was established in 1865 to aid freed slaves during the Reconstruction Era?

• The Freedmen's Bureau

• The Red Cross

• The American Civil Liberties Union

• The Southern Relief Society

What did the Fifteenth Amendment achieve during the Reconstruction Era?

• Prohibited states from denying the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude

• Abolished slavery in the United States

• Granted citizenship to all persons born in the United States

• Divided the South into military districts

Which amendment redefined American citizenship and aimed to ensure equality before the law for all persons born in the United States?

• The Fourteenth Amendment

• The Thirteenth Amendment

• The Fifteenth Amendment

• The Twelfth Amendment

What marked the end of the Reconstruction Era?

• The Compromise of 1876

• The election of Abraham Lincoln

• The signing of the Emancipation Proclamation

• The passage of the Civil Rights Act