ZMS Reconstruction Era Test Review

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How did sharecropping affect farmers in the South during Reconstruction?

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By keeping renters in debt to landlords

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Which constitutional amendment is correctly paired with its impact on life in the United States? Options: 1st Amendment - Limited citizens from writing what they wanted in the newspapers, 4th Amendment - Allowed citizens to carry weapons in public, 13th Amendment - Forced the South to end its reliance on Slave Labor, 15th Amendment - Gave women the right to vote in national elections.

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13th Amendment - Forced the South to end its reliance on Slave Labor.

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Which individual strongly favored racial equality, spoke up for African-Americans barred from working in the Navy, and opposed politicians who manipulated the African-American vote?

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Hiram Rhodes Revels from North Carolina

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"Four score and 7 years ago, our father brought forth on this continent, a new nation conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal..." This quote comes from what period in United States history? Options: Civil War Era, Revolutionary Era, National Era, Reconstruction Era

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Civil War Era

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How did southern states respond to the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment?

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By imposing requirements designed to deny African Americans the right to vote

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How did the Freedmen’s Bureau most assist in the reconstruction of the South?

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By offering legal assistance and public schooling to former slaves

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After the Civil War, southern states adopted Black Codes to —

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limit the impact of the Thirteenth Amendment

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What was the main purpose of the Ku Klux Klan?

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to terrorize freedmen so that they would not exercise their new rights

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A primary reason for the passage of the 14th Amendment in 1868 was to

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guarantee citizenship rights to the newly freed slaves

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How were African Americans treated in the South immediately after the ratification of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments?

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They were able to vote and participate in public life for the first time.