reconstruction

Question 1

when was reconstruction?

Answer 1

1865-1875

Question 2

what was the 13th ammendment?

Answer 2

1865-the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”

Question 3

what was the 14th ammendment?

Answer 3

1868-No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

Question 4

what was the 15th ammendment?

Answer 4

1870-grants the right to vote for all male citizens regardless of their ethnicity or prior slave status.

Question 5

what was the freedmens bureau?

Answer 5

It helped freedpeople establish schools, purchase land, locate family members, and legalize marriages. The Bureau also supplied necessities such as food and clothing, operated hospitals and temporary camps, and witnessed labor contracts between freedmen and plantation owners or other employers.