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WJHS Hist Final #1
Review for first semester 9th grade history @ WJHS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 13th Amendment | abolished slavery |
| 14th Amendment | gave former slaves citizenship and equal protection & due process under the law |
| 15th Amendment | gave voting rights to all US citizens regardless of religion, race or ethnicity |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | "separate but equal" -- Supreme Court ruling that meant segregated public areas were legal |
| What was the impact of Reconstruction on Southerners? | A) They were upset about Northern influence in the South (businesses, government regulation) B) introduction of sharecropping |
| What was the impact of Reconstruction on African Americans? | A) increase in racism, black codes, Jim Crow laws, KKK B) gained more legal rights, Freedman's Bureau helped freed blacks |
| What were the beliefs of Radical Republicans? | A) They wanted full rights for African Americans B) They were against the Democratic Party C) They wanted to punish the South D) Passed (created) Freedman's Bureau |
| What plan did the Radical Republicans have for Reconstruction? | A) people had to take an oath of diligence to the Union B) Souther states had to accept the 13th, 14th & 15th Amendments C) Take land away from plantation owners and divide among free blacks |
| What was Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction? | 10% Plan = if 10% of a state's voting population took an oath of allegiance and accepted the 13th, 14th & 15th Amendments, the state would be allowed to rejoin the Union(make it easier for states to rejoin & do not punish the South) |
| What was the Freedman's Bureau? | Government agency set up to help freed blacks and poor whites Provided schools, clothing, health care, shelter, jobs, etc. |
| What was the Klu Klux Klan (KKK)? | A terrorist group based on racism? |
| What were the goals of the KKK? | Prevent African Americans from gaining rights and to maintain white supremacy in the South |
| What did the KKK do to achieve their goals? | Burned crosses, tortured, abused and/or lynched people, burned African American homes, churches & schools |
| Who ran for US president in 1876? | Tilden & Hayes |
| What was the result of the 1876 presidential election? | There was not a majority of electoral votes --> it was a tie |
| What was the Compromise of 1877? | The Corrupt Bargain: Southern democrats would support Hayes if he removed troops from the South and put southern democrats in his cabinet |
| What was the result of the Compromise of 1877? | Hayes agreed & became president. |
| How are the ideas and beliefs of W.E.B. duBois and Booker T. Washington similar? | They both wanted to improve the rights & status of African Americans |
| How did Booker T. Washington think African Americans could gain rights and improve their status? | Blacks should be given an industrial education so they could always get work with their hands --> thought blacks should accept segregation and it would be overcome in time |
| How did W.E.B duBois think African Americans could gain rights and improve their status? | Blacks should get a classical education (go to college) and not accept segregation --> they should fight for equal rights & protection right away |
| What do all the following have in common? Jim Crow Laws, poll taxes, literacy tests, Plessy v. Ferguson? | They were all used to prevent African Americans from gaining rights & equality |
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