Reconstruction

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What is Reconstruction?

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It is a period when the South rejoined the Union after the Civil War.

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What was Fisk University?

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It is a black university in Nashville, Tennessee established by the Freedmen's Bureau.

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What were Jim Crow laws?

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Laws that kept African Americans separate from other Americans.

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What was the Freedmen's Bureau?

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It was an agency set up by Congress to give support to poor blacks and whites.

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Describe the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction?

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It was a vigilante hate group that took laws in their own hands to keep black people from not having the same rights as white people.

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How did the poll tax established during the Tennessee Constitutional Convention of 1870 affect elections?

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Since blacks couldn't afford the poll tax, no new African Americans were elected.

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What were Black Codes?

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Laws that were passed to restrict the freedom of African Americans and keep them working in low paying jobs.

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What is segregation?

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It forces the separation of races of people.

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During the Tennessee Constitutional Convention of 1870, what was the purpose of the poll tax?

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It would prevent blacks from voting because they could not afford to pay the poll tax on election day.

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During the Tennessee Constitutional Convention of 1870, what would happen to the funds equally set aside for public education?

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Less money would be given to black schools than white schools.