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 |