📚 Part 1: Timeline and Multiple Choice

1. Which event occurred FIRST during the end of the Civil War and early Reconstruction?

Lincoln's assassination

Ratification of the 13th Amendment

Establishment of the Freedmen's Bureau

Beginning of Presidential Reconstruction

2. What was the primary purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?

To punish Confederate leaders

To assist formerly enslaved people in their transition to freedom

To rebuild Southern infrastructure

To collect taxes from Southern states

3. Which groups had different perspectives on Reconstruction? (Check all that apply)

Southern whites

Freed African Americans

Northern politicians

Radical Republicans

4. The 13th Amendment to the Constitution:

Gave women the right to vote

Abolished slavery throughout the United States

Granted citizenship to all people born in the US

Gave African American men the right to vote

✏️ Part 2: Short Answer and Analysis

5. Fill in the blanks about the end of the Civil War:

The Civil War officially ended in _______ 1865. President _____________ was assassinated shortly after, which changed the course of Reconstruction plans.

6. Explain one major challenge that the United States faced immediately after the Civil War ended.

7. Compare the perspectives of freed African Americans and Southern whites during early Reconstruction. How might their views on rebuilding the South have differed?

8. Why was the period immediately following the Civil War crucial to the future of the United States? Use evidence from the lesson to support your answer.