Reconstruction Basics
What is the name of the period of after the Civil War when the United States worked to rebuild the South and bring Southern States back into the Union?
What is Reconstruction?
Which group wanted Congress to take greater control of Reconstruction and provide stronger protections for formerly enslaved people?
Which Reconstruction Amendment officially abolished slavery in the United States?
What is the 13th Amendment?
What federal agency was created after the Civil War to help formerly enslaved people transition to life in freedom?
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
What laws were passed in Southern states after the Civil War that restricted the rights and freedoms of African Americans?
What are Black Codes?
What major war ended just before Reconstruction began?
What is the Civil War?
Which president's Reconstruction plan allowed Southern states to return to the Union relatively quickly after the Civil War?
Who is Andrew Johnson?
Which Reconstruction Amendment granted U.S. citizenship to people born or naturalized in the United States and promised equal protection under the law?
What is ONE type of help the Freedmen's Bureau provided to formerly enslaved people?
What is education/food and clothing/medical care/family reunification/marriage records/ or help with labor contracts?
What was the main purpose of Black Codes after the Civil War?
What is to restrict the rights and freedoms of formerly enslaved African Americans?
What was one major goal of Reconstruction after the Civil War?
What is Rebuilding the South and brining the Southern states back into the Union?
What was a major disagreement between President Andrew Johnson and the Radical Republicans over Reconstruction?
What is how strict Reconstruction should be and how strongly the rights of formerly enslaved people should be protected?
Which Reconstruction Amendment said voting rights could not be denied because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude?
What is the 15th Amendment?
Why did the Freedmen's Bureau help establish and support schools for formerly enslaved people?
What is to provide educational opportunities, including learning to read and write.
What is they limited their choices and rights even though slavery had ended?
Why did Southern states need to be "readmitted" to the Union during Reconstruction?
What is because they has seceded from the Union during the Civil War?
Why did Radical Republicans believe President Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction plan was too lenient toward the South?
What is because it allowed Southern states to return to the Union without providing strong enough protections for formerly enslaved people?
A state passes a law that treats a group of U.S citizens unfairly and does not give them equal protection under the law. Which Reconstruction Amendment could be used to challenge this law?
What is the 14th Amendment?
A formerly enslaved worker is offered a job but wants to make sure the pay and working conditions are clearly written down. What type of help could the Freedmen's Bureau provide?
What is help with labor contract?
A formerly enslaved person is legally free but is told that state law limits the kinds of jobs they can have. What type of Reconstruction-era law is creating this restriction?
What is a Black Code?
Why was Reconstruction about more than simply rebuilding damaged buildings and land in the South?
What is because the country also had to reunite the states and determine what freedom and rights would mean for formerly enslaved people?
Congress divided former Confederate states into military districts during Congressional Reconstruction. What did this show about how Congress wanted to handle Reconstruction?
What is Congress wanted stricter control over how Southern states rejoined the Union and stronger protections for formerly enslaved people?
A formerly enslaved man is now free, is recognized as a U.S. citizen, and cannot legally be denied the right to vote because of his race. What THREE amendments helped create these protections?
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?
A family separated during slavery want to find relatives that may live in another area. How could the Freedmen's Bureau help this family?
What is helping the family locate and reunite with separated relatives?
How did the Freedmen's Bureau and Black Codes have opposite effects on formerly enslaved people during Reconstruction?
What is the Freedmen's Bureau helped formerly enslaved people build independent lives, while Black Codes restricted their rights and opportunities?