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The Reconstruction era was the period after the American Civil War from 1865 to 1877, during which the United States faced challenges of reintegrating into the Union.

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What happened as a result of the civil war?

The nations reunited

The congress proceeded with reconstruction

Buildings, homes, factories were destroyed

all of the above

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When was the era of Reconstruction?

1600-1795

1865-1877

1715-1890

1870-1900

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What agency was designed to aid freed slaves and relieve the south from their needs?

14th Amendment

U.S. Constitution

Treaty of Paris

Freedmen's Bureau

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What was President Lincoln's main goal for the reconstruction?

To help people with their taxes and funds

To make resources available to people

To reunite the nation

To make transportation services

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In 1863, who issued the "Ten-Percent Plan"?

George Washington

Franklin Roosevelt

Abraham Lincoln

Grover Cleaveland

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What limited the rights of African Americans?

Indian Removal act

Black codes

Anti-slavery settlement

None of the above

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What was the act passed in 1866 that was sought to over run the black codes?

Quartering Act

Iron Act

Civil Rights Act

Molasses Act

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This guaranteed full citizenship status and rights to every american citizen including African Americans.

The Declaration of Independence

14th Amendment

Voting Rights Act

U.S. Constitution

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The Klu Klux Klan were a group that helped and supported African Americans

True

False; they were a group that used violence and terror against Africans and white supporters.

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Share-cropping was a way of

Getting more money from the citizens

Giving the poor land, tools, and work, in return they give the money they made

Helping the poor in return for the profits

All of the above

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What event ended the reconstruction era permanently?

Jim Crow Laws

Grandfather clauses

Judiciary Act

The Election of Rutherford B. Hayes

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_________ made African Americans second class citizens.

de jure segregation

Fugitive Slave Acts

Missouri Compromise

personal-liberty laws

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The Jim Crow Laws were to keep blacks and whites seperated from each other.

True

False

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What was the purpose of these"Literacy Tests"?

To torture everyone from voting

To prevent African Americans from voting

To scare people away from voting (African Americans)

None of the above

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Why were poll taxes required in order to vote?

Because the south knew that the blacks were poor and could not pay

Because it was only fair for the south

The south needed money for their crops

The south thought the money could help them with industries

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The Grandfather clause is only valid when the persons ancestor voted prior to

1795

1800

1695

1866

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The de facto segregation is a custom/practice that limits where the blacks could live

True

False

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What act guarnateed train rights and publicity rights to blacks?

Embargo Act

Parliament Act of 1911

The Civil Rights act of 1875

Chinese Exclusion Act

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W.E.B Dubois was born into slavery in 1862

True

False: Ida B. Wells was born into slavery in 1862

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Which U.S. president began the era known as Presidential Reconstruction?

ulysses s grant

Andrew Johnson

Abraham Lincoln

James Buchanan

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Which term describes Southern whites who supported Radical Reconstruction?

carpetbaggers

freedmen

New southerners

Scalawags

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The president that began the reconstruction era is

James Buchanan

Martin Van Buren

Ulysses s grant

Andrew Johnson

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What happened as a result of the civil war?

Buildings, homes, factories were destroyed

When was the era of Reconstruction?

1865-1877

What agency was designed to aid freed slaves and relieve the south from their needs?

Freedmen’s Bureau

In 1863, who issued the “Ten-Percent Plan”?

Grover Cleveland

What limited the rights of African Americans?

Black codes

Which U.S. president began the era known as Presidential Reconstruction?

Andrew Johnson

Which term describes Southern whites who supported Radical Reconstruction?

Scalawags

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