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Reconstruction
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which of the following wanted to punish the Confederate states during Reconstruction? | Radical Republicans |
| President Johnson was impeached by whom? | House of Representatives |
| Which of the following Amendments abolished slavery? | 13th |
| In the Compromise of 1877, Hayes was elected President agreeing to what? | To remove the last Union troops from the South |
| Southern whites restricted the freedom of African Americans soon after the Civil War by using what ? | Black Codes |
| Which best describes the economic situation of many African Americans in the South after the Civil War? | Slavery was replaced by the cycle of poverty through Sharecropping |
| What did the Supreme Court rule in Plessy V. Ferguson? | Segregation is legal as the separate facilities are equal |
| African Americans were provided with food, clothes and education during Reconstruction by whom? | Freedman's Bureau |
| Southerners who supported Reconstruction were known as what? | Scalawags |
| What are freedmen? | African Americans who were freed from slavery after the Civil War |
| Northerners who moved South during Reconstruction were known as what? | Carpetbaggers |
| Which amendment gave African Americans the right to vote? | 15th |
| The term Reconstruction means what? | To rebuild the South after the Civil War |
| What was one thing used to keep African Americans from voting? | Poll taxes |
| The goal of the Ku Klux Klan was to do what? | Keep African Americans in the South powerless |
| Which amendment gave African Americans equal rights of citizenship? | 14th |
| The South was divided into how many military districts? | 5 |
| The South was divided into 5 military districts so that what could happen? | Union Soldiers could make sure Southerners were following Reconstruction laws |
| Why was the 13th amendment necessary? | The Emancipation Proclamation had not freed all the slaves |
| Suffrage means what? | Vote |
| What political party set up the military districts? | Republican |
| What ended the military districts? | The Compromise of 1877 |
| What types of laws were in the South following the Plessy court case? | Jim Crow laws |
| What methods of intimidation did the KKK use to achieve their goal? | Hang African Americans, burn their homes and churches, kill people, and be violent |
| What was the goal of the KKK? | Terrorized African Americans and keep them like slaves |
| What group of people were abused by the KKK? | African Americans |
| Why was Johnson impeached? | He was not enforcing the laws regarding Reconstruction |
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