Reconstruction Era

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This amendment stated anyone born in the United States is a citizen with equal rights.

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14th Amendment

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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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This amendment abolished slavery

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13th Amendment

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This amendment gave African American men the right to vote

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15th Amendment

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What impact did Jim Crow laws have on African Americans?

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They kept them separated from the whites in all aspects of public life.

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Based on the quote below, which describes Abraham Lincoln’s approach to the South at the end of the Civil War?
"With malice [hatred] toward none, with charity for all . . . let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds . . ."

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The South should be treated with kindness and justice.

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What does the Fourteenth Amendment guarantee to citizens? Options: the right to vote, the right to medical care, equal protection of the law, separate but equal public facilities

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equal protection of the law

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Why was the Ku Klux Klan formed?

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to return white Democrats to power

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Why did Southern Democrats pass Jim Crow laws?

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to separate African Americans and whites in public life

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Which group of people does the statement "I'm looking to buy up your plantations and influence your government for my own personal gain of wealth and power." refer to during the Reconstruction Era? Options: Northern Politicians, Carpetbaggers, Southern Military Leaders, Freed African Americans

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Carpetbaggers