Reconstruction Amendments Notes

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8th Grade

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Hope King

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The greatest social effect of the Civil War was
the creation of a new class of people—freed
slaves, or Freedmen.

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Congress realized that some changes were
needed to the Constitution, or else the Civil War
would have been for nothing.

• In December 1865,

ratification of the
Thirteenth Amendment
to the Constitution freed
all slaves in the United
States.

• It banned slavery in the

US and any of its
territories.

13th Amendment

(Signed by Abraham Lincoln)

Multiple Choice

Which amendment abolished slavery in 1865?

13th Amendment

14th Amendment

15th Amendment

Multiple Select

What do the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments have in common? Select the two (2)

correct answers.

They included protections for American Indians and women.

They provided equal protection of the Constitution to all citizens.

They allowed for Black Codes to be adopted as part of the Constitution.

They provided rights to citizens that had once been excluded from the

Constitution.

Match

Match the amendment with the protection it guarantees

Bans slavery in the United States and all of its territories.

Grants citizenship to all persons born in the U.S. regardless of race, color,

or previous condition of servitude.

Ensures all persons born in the U.S. have the right to vote regardless of

race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

13th

Amendment

14th

Amendment

15th

Amendment

Multiple Choice

During Reconstruction, what were Confederate States required to do before they

could be readmitted into the Union?

Adopt Black Codes

Ban Jim Crow Laws

Adopt the 14th Amendment

Pass the Civil Rights Act of 1866

Multiple Choice

Which amendment gave African-Americans the right to vote in 1869?

13th Amendment

14th Amendment

15th Amendment

Multiple Choice

Which amendment said anyone born in United States is a citizen in 1868?

13th Amendment

14th Amendment

15th Amendment

Multiple Choice

What does abolish mean?

to get rid of

to make shiny

Multiple Choice

The Reconstruction Amendments are also called the _________________.

Progressive Era Amendments

Civil War Amendments

Multiple Choice

Southern states passed these laws that restricted African American's freedom.

The Blue Codes

The Black Codes

Multiple Choice

Did the Bill of Rights say that owning slaves was wrong?

YES

Multiple Choice

Did the 15th Amendment give women the right to vote?

YES

Multiple Choice

Which amendment guarantees due process and equal protection?

13th Amendment

14th Amendment

15th Amendment

Multiple Choice

After the Reconstruction Amendments were passed, this white supremacist terrorist group was created.

The Southern Order

Ku Klux Klan (KKK)

Multiple Choice

Dues process means fair treatment by the government.

TRUE

FALSE

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