4.5: Reconstruction

During Reconstruction, all formerly enslaved people immediately received equal rights.

• True

• False

The Freedmen’s Bureau helped provide education and support to formerly enslaved people.

• True

• False

All southern states quickly accepted the new changes after the Civil War.

• True

• False

The 13th Amendment abolished slavery.

• True

• False

What was the main goal of Reconstruction?

• To rebuild the Northern cities

• To help reunite the country and ensure rights for formerly enslaved people

• To build more railroads

• To create new states

Which amendment gave African American men the right to vote?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

What organization was created to help formerly enslaved people?

• The Freedmen’s Bureau

• The Confederate Army

• The Republican Party

• The Democratic Party

During Reconstruction, many African Americans in South Carolina:

• Left the state immediately.

• Gained political positions and voting rights.

• Became wealthy landowners.

• Moved to the North.

The “Black Codes” were laws that:

• Helped protect African American rights

• Restricted the freedom of African Americans

• Gave land to formerly enslaved people

• Created new schools

What was a major economic challenge in South Carolina during Reconstruction?

• Too much gold was discovered.

• The cotton industry was booming.

• The railroad system was too extensive.

• Many farms and businesses were destroyed from the war.