| A | B |
|---|
| What is the basic provision of the 13th Amendment? | It bnas slavery in the United States and any of its territories. |
| Which Amendment grants citizenship to all persons born in the United States and guarnatees them equal protection under the law? | The 14th Amendment |
| What does the 15th Amendment ensure? | It ensures all citizens the right to vote regardless of race or color or previous condition of servitude. |
| Which Amendments guarantee equal protection under the law for all citizens? | The 13th, 14th, and 15th |
| Who could not hold office? | Southern military leaders |
| Who took advantage of the South during Reconstruction? | Northern "carpetbaggers" |
| Who resented "carpetbaggers"? | The South |
| What group of people was able to hold office after Reconstruction? | African Americans |
| What gave African Amercians equal rights after the Civil War? | The Civil Rigths Act of 1866 |
| Why was the Civil Rights Act of 1866 successful in the beginning? | It authorized federal troops to enforce it. |
| Who supervised the South during the Reconstruction? | The Northern soldiers |
| What attempted to give meaning to the freedom that the former slaves had achieved? | Reconstruction |
| Why did the Reconstruction policies create problems in the South? | They were harsh. |
