Texas in the Reconstruction Era

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What were the 'black codes'?

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laws limiting the rights of African Americans passed by Southern governments after the Civil War

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Prohibiting African Americans from serving on juries, testifying against whites in courts, or voting were all ______?

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black codes

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What did the 13th Amendment do?

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Abolished slavery

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What did the 14th Amendment guarantee?

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The rights of the freed people would be protected

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What did the 15th Amendment guarantee?

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African American men can vote

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What was the main goal of Reconstruction? Options: To integrate African Americans fully into Southern society, To ensure the South paid off all its war debts, To restore the South to the Union as quickly as possible, To establish Northern control over the South

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To restore the South to the Union as quickly as possible

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What does Juneteenth commemorate?

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The end of slavery in Texas

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Era of history following the Civil War during which the United States was rebuilt.

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Reconstruction era

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Worked to educate African Americans and register them to vote.

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Freedman's Bureau

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System of labor that replaced slavery but left African Americans in poverty and debt

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