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8th grade · Social Studies · Unit 2 of 9

Reconstruction

New rights, and rights rolled back

What your child practices

Reconstruction from 1865 to 1877 as a bridge to high school US history: the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments, Black officeholders, the violence that opposed them and how gains were later rolled back.

California Content Standards learning standard: 8.11.1; 8.11.3; 8.11.4; 8.11.5 · the aims and effects of Reconstruction, the Freedmen's Bureau, the Klan, and the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which amendments are called the Reconstruction Amendments?

    • The 13th, 14th and 15th
    • The 18th, 19th and 20th
    • The 1st, 2nd and 3rd
    • The 10th, 11th and 12th

  2. Question 2

    Radical Republicans in Congress wanted…

    • A king
    • Slavery restored
    • Strong protection of rights for freedpeople
    • No changes in the South

  3. Question 3

    Black Codes passed in Southern states after the war…

    • Ended segregation
    • Created schools
    • Limited the freedom and rights of Black Americans
    • Gave Black Americans equal rights

  4. Question 4

    Which amendment made formerly enslaved people citizens?

    • The 13th
    • The 1st
    • The 14th
    • The 15th

  5. Question 5

    What happened to many Black Southerners' rights after Reconstruction ended?

    • They were taken away through poll taxes, literacy tests, violence and segregation
    • Nothing changed
    • They grew stronger
    • They were fully protected

  6. Question 6

    Why did many Northerners lose interest in Reconstruction by the 1870s?

    • The South asked them to leave
    • They moved to Europe
    • Reconstruction was complete
    • Economic troubles and fatigue with conflict in the South

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