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U.S. History II: Reconstruction Review Answer Key

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Who Am I?
#1 Who is famous for both the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation? Abraham Lincoln
#2 What Conferderate General urged Southerners to accept defeat and reunite as Americans? Robert E. Lee
#3 An escaped slave who later became an abolitionists and urged Lincoln to let his people fight? Frederick Douglass
#4 Who was the President during much of Reconstruction that attempted to help African Americans gain rights? Ulysses S. Grant
#5 He was a captain in the Union Navy during the Civil War who later became a Congressman? Robert Smalls
Federal Laws
#1 Which amendment banned slavery in the United States and its territories? 13th Amendment
#2 What amendment grants citizenship to all persons born in the United States regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude? 14th Amendment
#3 What right does the 15th Amendment grant to all citizens? The right to vote.
#4 What federal agency was established to help the newly freed slaves? The Freedman's Bureau
#5 What law was enforced by federal troops and granted equal rights to African Americans? The Civil Rights Act of 1866
Reconstruction Policies
#1 Who supervised the South during reconstruction? Northern Soldiers (Union Troops)
#2 What did Lincoln want the North and South to do following the Civil War? Rejoin and Reconcile
#3 As the leading spokesman for African Americans he called for voting rights for the newly freed slaves? Frederick Douglass
#4 What did Lincoln say was more important than punishing the South? Preserving the Union
#5 Who could hold public office for the first time following the Civil War? African Americans
Problems Faced During Reconstruction
#1 What kept President Lincoln from carrying out his Reconstruction Plans? He was assassinated.
#2 What were Northerners called who moved to the South and took advantage of the Reconstruction policies? Carpetbaggers
#3 What were the names of the codes that caused African Americans to lose the rights they were given? The Black Codes
#4 Who could not hold public office following the Civil War? Southern Military Leaders
#5 What group in Congress wanted to punish the South during Reconstruction? The Radical Republicans
Miscellaneous
#1 What is the name of the period following the Civil War that attempted to give meaning to the freedom that African Americans had achieved? Reconstruction
#2 What job did many former slaves end up taking after the Civil War? Sharecroppers
#3 After the Civil War what did Robert E. Lee become the President of ? Washington College
#4 After the Civil War the South remained poor for many decades. What was the South's economy based on? Agriculture
#5 What event brought an end to Reconstruction? The Presidential Election of Rutherford B. Hayes in 1876
Final Question
What did Rutherford B. Hayes promise to do so he could win the Election of 1876? Remove the federal troops from the South