Question

directions: while watching the video, answer the following questions. the questions do appear in order.

1. the country had been at war for 4 years and over ______ people

had lost their lives.

1. reconstruction was a period following the ____ ____ and lasted from 1865-1877
2. during reconstruction, the former planters and enslavers lost their source of ______ and

sometimes even their ______.

1. who was assassinated five days after the south surrendered at appomattox? ______
2. what are the three reconstruction amendments to the constitution? (just give the numbers)

______

1. many black americans were forced into contracts to become ______ or tenant

farmers.

1. the freedmen’s bureau did a pretty good job in assisting black americans in their pursuit of

formal ______.

1. african americans faced white supremacist opposition--much of the violence was tied to the

formation of the ______.

1. in the compromise of 1877, hayes was elected president on the condition that the remaining union

soldiers would be withdrawn from the ______.

1. some say reconstruction did not succeed because white southerners did everything they could to

thwart (prevent) black ____ and ____.
image: black american history 19 the reconstruction era with cartoon figures

Explanation:

1.

The Civil War lasted 4 years (1861 - 1865) and over 700,000 people died.

Reconstruction followed the Civil War, aiming to rebuild the South.

Former planters/enslavers lost labor (from enslaved people) and sometimes property.

Answer:

700,000

2.