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US II SOL 3
Reconstruction
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 13th Amendment. | Bans slavery. |
| 14th Amendment. | Grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States. |
| 15th Amendment | Right to vote. |
| 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments | Guarentee equal protection under the law. |
| Southern military leaders could not do this during Reconstruction | Hold military office |
| During Reconstruction, African Americans could now hold___________. | Public office |
| Civil Rights Act of 1866. | Granted rights to African Americans |
| Who supervised the South during Reconstruction? | Northern Troops |
| What was established to aid former enslaved African Americans in the South? | Freedmans Bureau |
| Why did Southerners resent Carpetbaggers? | They felt the took advantage of the South |
| What year did Reconstruction end? | 1876 |
| What was removed from the South when Reconstruction ended? | Federal troops |
| What did Southern African Americans lose when Reconstruction ended? | Rights they had gained. |
| What were Black Codes? | Laws in the South that took away African American's rights. |
| Whose Reconstruction plan called for reconciliation? | Abraham Lincoln |
| Who fought for adoption of constitutional amendments guaranteed voting rights for blacks? | Frederick Douglass |
| Who believed that preserving the Union was more important than punishing the South? | Abraham Lincoln |
| Who became president of Washington and Lee College which we now call Washington and Lee University? | Robert E. Lee |
| Who urged Southerners to reconcile at the end of the war and reunite as Americans? | Robert E. Lee |
| Who was a powerful voice for human rights and civil liberties for all? | Frederick Douglass |