Reconstruction Review U.S. II 3 a, b, c, 4c
Name _____________________ Period ____
USII.3 The student will demonstrate knowledge of the effects of Reconstruction on American
life by a) analyzing the impact of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States.
1. What is an Amendment?
A way to add to or change the Constitution of the United States
2. Reconstruction Amendments
13th, 14th and 15th
3. The 13th Amendment __________.
bans slavery in the United States and any of its territories
4. Which amendment gave all male citizens the right to vote, regardless of race?
15th Amendment
5. Which amendment granted citizenship to all persons born in the United States?
14th Amendment
6. In your own words define what each amendment does. How does it work today?
Draw a picture to show how it works today or Give a written example of how it works today.
13th
Amendment
14th
Amendment
15th
Amendment
USII.3 The student will demonstrate knowledge of the effects of Reconstruction on American
life by b) describing the impact of Reconstruction policies on the South and North .
7. During Reconstruction many things changed. When a government
makes a change and provides guidelines; it is called a new ________________
Policy
8. One change was the Civil Rights Act of 1866. It gave equal rights to ___________?
African Americans
9. Another change was that the new freedmen most likely became ___________ and were
given assistance and help from the _____________ _____________
sharecroppers, Freedman’s Bureau
10. Examples of Congress’s Reconstruction policies in the South
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Southern military leaders could not hold office
Southerners Resented Northern Carpetbaggers
African Americans could hold public office and political positions such as Congressmen
Federal troops were placed in the South to reinforce the equal rights guaranteed to African
Americans by Civil Rights Act of 1866
USII.3 The student will demonstrate knowledge of the effects of Reconstruction on American
life by c) describing the legacy of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, and Frederick
Douglass.
11. Which of the following were part of the Reconstruction period of history?
Robert E. Lee, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass
12. Which president during Reconstruction supported amnesty, forgiveness and
reconciliation?
Abraham Lincoln
13. Who are?
________Robert E. Lee
Confederate General, supported Reconciliation
President of Washington College
________ Abraham Lincoln
________ Fredrick Douglass
Union President and creator of the 10% plan
Fought for voting rights for African Americans and women
***14. Which individual (Lee, Lincoln or Douglass) do you think impacted the future path
of our nation the most and why?
USII.4 The student will demonstrate knowledge of how life changed after the
Civil War by c) describing racial segregation, the rise of “Jim Crow,” and other constraints faced by African Americans
and other groups in the post-Reconstruction South.
15. What is Racial Segregation?
The separation of African Americans and whites in public places
16. Gains made by African Americans during Reconstruction were lost almost entirely in
the South because of__?
black codes
17. Jim Crow Laws legalized segregation in the South. 3c3
Legal segregation was created as a result of Reconstruction and the passage of discriminatory laws in the
South. Two leaders emerged to fight the battle for equality.
****18. Two leaders who fought for African American equality were W.E.B. Dubois and
Booker T. Washington.
 Know 2-3 similarities.
 Know 2-3 differences