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Reconstuction
Social Studies Final Exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why was the period after the Civil War known as the 'Reconstruction' period? | Abraham Lincoln was planning to reconstruct the south |
| For what reasons did the north's support for reconstruction fade (end)? | Establish the Union again |
| What did southerners do to guarantee Reconstruction failed to provide civil rights of their former slaves? | Black Codes. Taking away their rights |
| How were many African Americans in the South affected after Reconstruction ended in 1877? | They didn’t have jobs or homes after this period |
| What doctrine did the Supreme Court uphold in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson? | Equal but separate |
| How did southerners disenfranchise former slaves? | Jim Crow Laws |
| How could sharecropping be considered an extension of slavery? | They were getting paid to work land |
| Though reconstruction began to wane what was the biggest political change in U.S. history that came out of Reconstruction? | Freed Africans American |
| What was the main goal of the Ku Klux Klan in the South, during Reconstruction? | To cause chaos, and get back at the freed African Americans |
| What did Hayes do, after winning the presidential election of 1876, that ended Reconstruction? | Took all the troops out of the South |
| Why did early the attempts by congress to enforce Civil Rights Acts, fail? | Because of the hate groups like KKK that stalled and didn’t obey the acts |
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