Reconstruction Era Quiz

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Significance of Fort Sumter

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First battle in the Civil War

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Outcome of the Battle of Gettysburg

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South loses battle, gives up invasion of the North.

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15th Amendment

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Grants suffrage to all males at age 21

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Purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau

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Provided clothes, medical assistance, education to former slaves, Native Americans, and poor whites.

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13th Amendment

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Ended slavery in the United States.

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Main focus of Reconstruction

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Rebuilding the destroyed South after the Civil War

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14th Amendment: Guarantees citizenship for all (regardless of race)

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Includes due process of law

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Tenure in Office Act

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Limits President's power to hire/fire officials

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Main goal of Presidential Reconstruction

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Southern States to ratify Reconstruction amendments; military rule.