Module 19 Reconstruction (questions)
by building schools and colleges
How did the Freedmen's Bureau assist freedpeople and poor southerners after the Civil War?
Wyoming and Utah
In 1869, _____________________ became the first two states to give women the right to vote.
Henry Grady
One of the leading spokespersons for the New South's effort to rebuild the southern economy was ______________________, a newspaper editor from Atlanta.
the presidential election
What did the Compromise of 1877 settle?
industry
What did the leaders of the New South movement promote?
the right to vote
What right does the Fifteenth Amendment guarantee?
Southern states were to be readmitted as quickly as possible.
What was the goal of President Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction?
the right to vote
What was the main goal of women's suffragist groups?
temporary governors
Who did President Johnson appoint to help begin the process of setting up new southern state governments?
Hiram Revels
Who was the first African American elected to the U.S. Senate?
to prevent the Ku Klux Klan from denying rights to African Americans.
Why did Congress pass the Enforcement Acts in 1870 and 1871?
to limit the rights of African Americans
Why did southern states pass Black Codes?
He had fired the secretary of war illegally.
Why did the House of Representatives impeach President Johnson?
to limit the rights of African Americans
Why was the Civil Rights Act of 1866 important?
It made slavery illegal in the United States.
Why was the Thirteenth Amendment important?
Jim Crow laws
_____ were laws that allowed racial segregation in public places.
Thaddeus Stevens
The Radical Republicans were led by _____, a member of Congress from Pennsylvania.
a military commander.
The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 divided the South into five districts that were led by
Ku Klux Klan
The Enforcement Acts of 1870 and 1871 made it illegal for groups such as the _________________________to interfere with elections and deny people's rights.
African American men
The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution gave _______________ the right to vote.
Thirteenth
The _____ Amendment made slavery in the United States illegal.
