H6 Reconstruction

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The period of rebuilding the United States after the Civil War is called...

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Reconstruction

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Laws enacted to restrict African Americans voting, limit their freedoms, keep them from testifying in court against whites and to serve as jurors. What are these laws known as?

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Black Codes

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Which organization used terrorist actions against the freedoms/rights of African Americans? Options: KKK, Carpet Baggers, Radical Republicans, Freedmen's Bureau

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KKK

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What did the 13th Amendment accomplish?

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It ended slavery forever in the United States.

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What did the 14th amendment achieve?

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It gave citizenship to freed slaves and people born in the US.

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What did the 15th amendment guarantee?

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It guaranteed all male US citizens the right to vote.

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Which Reconstruction plan was designed to make it quick and easy for the Southern states to rejoin the Union?

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Lincoln and Johnson's Plan

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Which Reconstruction plan punished the southern states by sending in military troops into Georgia to make sure the Black codes were not in effect?

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Congressional Plan

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The main goal for the development of the Freedman's Bureau was:

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to provide education, training, and support to newly freed African Americans and poor whites

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The main goal of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) was...

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to intimidate freed blacks and white Republicans from voting or running for office.