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Reconstruction Quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why was the 13th Amendment important? | It made slavery illegal in the United States |
| What industry was important to rebuilding the economy of the "New South"? | Textile |
| What helped weaken northern support for Reconstruction? | Panic of 1873 AND Civil Rights Act of 1875 |
| What did the Supreme Court say about the Plessy vs. Ferguson? | Segregation was legal |
| The Reconstruction Act of 1867 divided the South into five districts that were led by a....... | A military commander |
| What law was NOT passed during Reconstruction? | Voting Rights Act |
| What group wanted President Johnson's administration to take a much more active role in Reconstruction? | Radical Republicans |
| During Reconstruction, Hiram Revels and Blanche K. Bruce were among the first 16 African Americans to serve in__________. | Congress |
| How did the Freedmen's Bureau assist freed people and poor southerners after the war? | By building schools and colleges |
| What was the main goal of women's suffragist groups? | The right to vote |
| What did the Compromise of 1877 give the White House? | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| What did the leaders of the New South movement promote? | Industry |
| What did the Compromise of 1877 settle? | The presidential election |
| Why did Congress pass the Enforcement Acts in 1870 and 1871? | To prevent the KKK from denying rights to African Americans |
| Who was the first African American elected to the Senate? | Hiram Revels |
| Why were women upset with the 15th Amendment? | It didn't give them the right to vote |
| What was the result of Johnson's impeachment? | He was found not guilty in the senate |
| Why was Congress against Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan? | It was too lenient on the South |
| What right does the 15th Amendment guarantee? | The right to vote |
| Why did the House of Representatives impeach President Johnson? | He had fired the Secretary of War illegally |
| President Johnson became the first president to __________. | Be impeached |
| Why was the Civil Rights Act of 1866 important? | It gave African Americans equal legal rights |
| Why did Southern States pass Black Codes? | To limit the rights of African Americans |
| Who did President Johnson appoint to help begin the process of setting up new southern state governments? | Temporary governors |
| What was the goal of President Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction? | Southern States were to be readmitted as quickly as possible |
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Miss. Porrovecchio
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