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Reconstruction

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What is the 13th Amendment?   Bans slavery in the United States and all of its territories.  
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What is the 14th Amendment?   Grants citizenship to all persons born in the United States and guarantees them equal protection under the law.  
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What is the 15th Amendment?   Ensures all citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.  
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Who urged Southerners to reconcile with Northerners at the end of the war and reunite as Americans?   Robert E. Lee  
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Who believed that preservation of the Union was more important than punishing the South?   Abraham Lincoln  
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The 12 year period after the Civil War (1865 to 1877) was   Reconstruction  
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Abraham Lincoln wanted forgiveness or   Reconciliation.  
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Who was a strong voice for human rights/civil liberties?   Frederick Douglass  
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What were the government offices set up to help freed slaves called?   The Freedman's Bureau.  
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Who were sent to control and supervise the South?   Federal troops (Northern soldiers).  
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What were the Northerners who came to the South called?   Carpetbaggers.  
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What does N.A.A.C.P. stand for?   National Association for the Advancement of Colored People  
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What were the states law that were used to restrict rights and freedoms of African Americans?   Black Codes  
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Where were Federal (Northern) troops sent to supervise after the Civil War?   The South  
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What law was passed by Congress during the Reconstruction Era that made discrimination illegal?   Civil Rights Act of 1866  
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What was the purpose of the N.A.A.C.P.?   To end segregation laws and discrimination against blacks.  
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What were laws passed in the Southern States AFTER Reconstruction ended that required racial segregation?   Jim Crow Laws  
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What does discrimination mean?   To treat people differently  
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What is segregation?   Separation of people of different groups- usually by race.  
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What is a legacy?   What one leaves for later generations  
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Preservation of the Union was which leaders' MOST important goal?   Abraham Lincoln  
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What did the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendment attempt to do?   Guarantee equal protection under the law for all citizens.  
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What ended Reconstruction?   The election of 1876  
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Where were the Federal troops removed from in 1877?   The South.  
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Which leader: 1. Reconstruction plan called for reconciliation 2. Was the President during the Civil War 3. Thought that Preservation of the Union was more important than punishing the South?   Abraham Lincoln.  
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Which leader: 1. Urged Southerners to reconcile with Northerners 2. Wanted to reunite as Americans and stop fighting 3. was President of Washington and Lee University?   Robert E. Lee  
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Which leader: 1. Wanted constitutional amendments that guaranteed voting rights 2. Was a powerful voice for human rights 3. Was a powerful voice for civil liberties for all?   Frederick Douglass  
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Which African American leader believed: 1. that the time was not right to fight segregation 2. that there should be more schools that taught trade skills and 3. founded the Tuskegee Institute?   Booker T. Washington (BTW)  
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Which African American leader believed: 1. should demand full equal rights IMMEDIATELY 2. wanted to increase the number of African Americans with college degrees and 3. founded the N.A.A.C.P?   W.E.B Du Bois (WEB D)  
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What Supreme Court case established "separate but equal" segregation?   Plessy vs. Ferguson  
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After Reconstruction, what allowed Jim Crow laws to continue to spread?   Plessy vs. Ferguson's "Separate but Equal" segregation  
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