5TH GRADE RECONSTRUCTION UNIT TEST

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The 13th, 14th & 15th Amendments were created to _____________ slavery.

end

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13th amendment went into effect December 18, ____________.

1865

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13th amendment ______________________ slavery.

abolished

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The 13th, 14th & 15th Amendments were created to protect the _________________ of the newly freed slaves.

rights

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13th amendment ___________________ the slaves in the United States.

freed

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13th amendment recognized the rights of _______________ Americans.

ALL

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The Declaration of Independence promises, " Life, _________________ and the pursuit of happiness."

liberty

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14th amendment was ratified July __________.

1868

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14th amendment made former slaves __________________.

citizens

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14th amendment provides: ________ ___________ of the law.

due process

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14th amendment provides: Equal ________________ of the law.

protection

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President ____________________ opposed the 14th amendment because of no representation of Southern States in Congress.

Johnson

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15th amendment was ratified February of __________________.

1870

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15th amendment gave former male slaves the right to ____________.

vote

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These form er slaves still did not have the right to vote:

female

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"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied on the account of ___________________, color, or previous condition of servitude.

race

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15th amendment allowed African American males to vote, hold political office, and be ____________ to state legislatures and congressional delegations.

elected

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With the amendments, were any provisions made for African Americans to own land? YES or NO

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The economic rights and ___________________ of freedmen were limited even during reconstruction.

independence

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Freedmen had (COMPLETE or LIMITED) economic benefits and independence during the reconstruction.

LIMITED

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_____________________ , there were no protections in place for the rights of African Americans.

Once Reconstruction ended

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The amendments were only effective so long as _____________________ were in control.

Republicans

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For the amendments to be effective the Republicans needed to have control of state governments or _____________ troops were able to protect African Americans Social and political rights.

federal troops

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The aim of African Americans during the Reconstruction was to _________________ their families.

unite

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African Americans longed to enjoy the __________________ that had been denied during slavery.

freedom

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Migrate means?

move

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Many African Americans did not migrate to the North & West until the ________ & 20th centuries.

19th

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African Americans married and established _________________ in the South.

communities

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African Americans formed _________________ where they could worship freely.

churches

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Many African Americans sought an education , and established ____________________ .

businesses

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After Reconstruction African Americans voted and ran for elective offices. 1

YES or 2

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After reconstruction it was easy for African Americans to acquire land. TRUE or FALSE

FALSE

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After Reconstruction the federal government returned land to the ______________ landowners. Because they respected the rights of these people to their landed property.

whites

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Plantation owners made a lot of money from slavery because they did _________ the slaves to work.

pay

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Being wealthy gave the Southern Plantation owners power in Southern _____________.

society

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Plantation owners needed to figure a new way to grow large ___________ again.

crops

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Plantation owners wanted to increase _________________ without having to pay too much.

production

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_____________ wanted the money and power they had before the civil war.

Plantation owners

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Most freedmenhad no _____________________to purchase land and little opportunity to work for wages.

money

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There was little ___________________ money available in the South following Reconstruction.

currency

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Freedmen went into agreements with white landowners to trade their __________________ for land.

labor

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What is is the agreement called when a person works for a landowner in order to have some land to work.

sharecropper

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Basically, workers _______________ the land.

rented

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Rent was paid a portion of the __________________.

crop

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Other things that crops paid for were: food, clothing and _________________.

farming equipment

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When sharecropping, freedmen lived in __________________ on a plot of land.

houses

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In exchange for the right to work the land, African Americans and _____________ whites would be given a SHARE of the CROPS.

landless

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Sharecroppers were still intimidated and suffered from violence. YES or NO

YES

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Freedmen had NO independence. TRUE or FALSE

FALSE

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Freedmen's Bureau was established by ________________ prior to the end of the Civil War.

congress

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It was the first line of assistance especially to ______________________.

freedmen

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The Freedmen's Bureau was only available to: 1

Just African Americans. 2

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Freedmen's Bureau provided food, clothing, medical care and ____________________.

education

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Freedmen's Bureau even provide protection from_____________________ .

hostile whites.

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The most important contribution of the Freedmen's Bureau was the establishment of over ___________________ schools.

1,000

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Treating a group of people unfairly

discriminatory

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The KKK was originally a social organization of ex

_________________ soldiers.

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The KKK soon turned into a ______________ group.

terrorist

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KKK was made of ______________ people.

white

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KKK members were businessmen, __________________, and politicians.

lawyers

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The goal of the KKK was to use violence, intimidation and _________ __________ to keep African Americans from exercising their rights under the 13, 14, & 15th amendments.

voter fraud

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The KKK wanted to hold onto ___________ in the South.

power

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KKK's wanted African Americans to "know their ______________."

place

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Public _______________ became common methods of intimidating African Americans.

lynchings

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The 1876 was riddled with ___________________.

fraud

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How many states electoral votes were called into question in the 1876 elections?

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The election of 1876 was decided by ________________________.

The House of Representatives

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In the 1876 election democrats agreed to support the Republican candidate in exchange for all ____________ troops being removed from the South.

federal

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The Compromise of 1877 resulted in the end of?

Reconstruction

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The Compromise of 1877 left African Americans _____________ by the federal govenrment

abandoned

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Following the The Compromise of 1877 The Civil War Amendments were regularly _________________ by the KKK.

violated

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13, 14, 15th amendments are known as what kind of amendments.

Civil War Amendments

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Following the The Compromise of 1877 Southern governments were passing laws to limit the rights of the African Americans guaranteed by the __________ amendments.

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What changed society in the South: the end of slavery or Reconstruction Policy?

end of slavery

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Southern elite used __________________________ production to retain social position.

cotton

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What was raised to pay for schools and other public services?

taxes

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What happened if landowners could not pay the increased taxes?

lose their land

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This group regained political and economic control....

southern elite

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African Americans were able to leave the _______________________ and do whatever they wanted.

plantations

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African Americans sought to reestablish family connections and provide basic ________________ of life for these families.

neccesities

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Sharecroppers moved from big house to ________________.

plot of land

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Sharecroppers were ___________________ dependent on land owners for land and credit.

economically

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African Americans voted and elected African Americans and _____________________ _____________________ who supported their interests.

white Republicans

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Scalawag

poor whites

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Poor whites were in fear of constant debt and ___________________.

poverty.

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Moved to south during the Reconstruction

Northerners

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Called _______________________ because they carried all their belongings made of this.

Carpetbaggers

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Southern accused carpetbaggers of this:

lining their pockets by taking advantage of the South.

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Most Carpetbaggers came as ___________________ and entrepreneurs to help the freedmen and rebuild the South.

missionaries

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Segregation

separation of whites and blacks

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Slave

codes

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Black

codes

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Jim Crow Laws

after Reconstruction

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Limited the rights of A/A

Jim Crow Laws

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JC Laws made for _________________ facilities in public places.

separate

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Jim Crow Laws violated the equal protection clause of the _______________.

14th amendment

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Separate but equal =

Plessy vs. Fergusun

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South government pass series of laws to limit the political rights of A/A as guaranteed by the 15th amendemnt.

Plessy vs. Ferguson

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all voters were to be able to read sections from the Constitution.

Literacy Test

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Poll Tax was hard for ______________________ to pay.

poor farmers

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If your grandfather could vote, then you have the right to vote.

Grandfather Clause

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