Pop Culture
This precurser to tiktok allowed only 6 seconds for people to make videos. Enough time to say "look at all these chickens"
Vine
The primary reason for reconstruction after the civil war can be best described as
a. To rebuild the south after the civil war
b. Support the newly freed population
c. punish the south
d. help the United states after the assassination of lincoln
A.
This civil war battle was the biggest and bloodiest
The Battle of Gettysburg
This constitutional amenmdment abolished slavery
13th
This white supremecist group rose to prominence the first time starting in 1866 and consistently harassed black Americans throughout reconstruction
The KKK
This horror classic features a young Jamie Lee Curtis facing off against a crazy man in a mask with a knife. The only thing scarier is how hard the franchise jumped the shark in the 1990s.
Halloween
These 3 ammendments are called the reconstruction ammendments
13, 14, 15
This man was the president of the United States during the civil war.
Abraham Lincoln
This constitutional amendment gave men of color the ability to vote.
15th amendment
This exam was given to anyone who could not prove a 5th grade education. If you got a question wrong, you would be unable to vote
literacy test
This fictional doctor is well known for having to fight a platypus and surviving multiple explosions. Just hope he does not curse you
Doctor Doofenyadayadayada
During reconstruction, this term for northerners coming to the south for business became increasingly popular.
a. Scalawag
b. Confederate
c. Carpetbagger
d. Radical Republican
C
This man cut Lincoln's second term very short at Ford's Theater in Washington DC.
A. Ulysses S. Grant
B. General Sherman
C. Robert E. Lee
D. John Wilkes Boothe
D.
This constitutional amendment defined citizenship and garuntees equal protection under law.
14th
This was a series of laws passed in southern states to undermine attempts at achieving equality. They intensified after reconstruction ended.
black codes/jim crowe laws
This actor kept his distance at the end of 2021 after Taylor Swift rereleased all too well, a song about their incredibly toxic relationship.
Jake Gyllenhaal
True or false: Reconstruction is believed to have been a total failure
True
Sherman's march to the sea
The Emancipation Proclamation differs from the 13th Amendment in that
a. It ended slavery
b. It freed slaves in states of open rebellion
c. It guaranteed equality
d. It gave black men the right to vote
B
Finish the quote as it pertains to Jim Crow Laws: Separate but
a. Equitable
b. Evangelical
c. Equal
d. Good
C
After releasing his mixtape "Harder than Hard" artist Dominique Armani Jones is better known as this.
This organization sought to help the newly freed black population in the south, providing education and legal help when needed. Ultimately, it was a very corrupt institution
The Freedman's Bureau
Many people say that slavery was about "states rights." However, more evidence points to this as the root cause of the Civil War
Slavery
This demographic of Americans are the only ones that cannot vote by the time the 15th amendment is ratified
Women
Poll taxes, the grandfather clause and literacy tests were all tools used for this purpose
preventing the newly freed population from voting