Chapter 17 Reconstruction Study Guide
USII.3a
1 What made slavery unconstitutional?_13th
amendment
2 Which amendment guaranteed freed slaves the
right to vote? 15th
3 What was a consequence of the 15th
amendment? All former slaves could vote
4 Which amendment included the famous
phrase “equal protection of the laws”?
14th
5 What was the importance of the 14th
amendment? National gov’t should protect the
civil rights of all Americans
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6 What did the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
have in common? They were intended to correct
the injustices created by slavery
USII.3b
1 The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 established
The steps a southern state needed to take to be
readmitted to the Union
2 What was the main purpose of
Reconstruction? To reunite the states and
rebuild
3 In response to the black codes passed by
southern states, Congress decided to end
Reconstruction
4 The Fourteenth Amendment states:_people
born in US are citizens
5 What conflict did the Compromise of 1877
settle?_disputed presidential election
USII.3c
1 Frederick Douglass fought for constitutional
amendments that guaranteed voting rights
2 Which Confederate leader encouraged
southerners to reconcile at the end of the war?
Robert E. Lee
3 After the war, Lee became president of
Washington College
4 Douglass believed that civil liberties should be
provided to all people
5 Lincoln believed that rebuilding the country
was more important than punishing the South
6.The Freedmen’s Bureau was an agency
that_gave relief for freedpeople and some poor
southernsers
7.Lincoln’s main vision for Reconstruction was
to_reunite the nation
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Whom did white southerners call
“carpetbaggers”? northern born Republican
office holders who moved to the South