Ch. 2 - Reconstruction

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What was one impact of these issues on Republicans following the Civil War? Options: They rejected the idea of creating a group of new African-American voters sympathetic to their party. They disagreed over whether the President or Congress should set conditions for Reconstruction. They agreed to let Southerners govern their own affairs without federal interference. They refused to treat the Southern states as conquered areas.

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They refused to treat the Southern states as conquered areas.

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What was an immediate effect of the changes described above, which were implemented by Congressional Reconstruction? Options: The citizenship rights of African Americans were withheld. The balance of power in Southern state governments shifted. Northern and Southern whites were reconciled more quickly. Confederate leaders automatically regained their confiscated properties.

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The balance of power in Southern state governments shifted.

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Which amendment guaranteed the "equal protection" of the laws to all American citizens?

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14th Amendment

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What reason did Thaddeus Stevens give for granting voting rights to African Americans?

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Black voters would help Republicans to maintain control of the Congress and Presidency.

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What impact did Radical Republicans in Congress have on Reconstruction?

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They encouraged the freedmen to exercise their new political rights.

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Which is the best contemporary definition of a "scalawag"? Options: a Northern abolitionist who supported the Freedmen's Bureau, a Northerner who came to the South after the Civil War, a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction, a freedman entitled to vote

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a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction

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What was a positive long-term impact of Radical Reconstruction on the South? Options: Women were given the right to vote., Confederate leaders never again held elected office, Public education systems were established for students of all races., The South remained divided into five districts governed by martial law.

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Public education systems were established for students of all races.

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What was an important effect of the sharecropping system and debt peonage? Options: Freedmen achieved social and political equality in the South., Freedmen played an important role in local and state government., Freedmen achieved economic independence from their former masters., Freedmen often remained in a state of economic dependence on their former masters.

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Freedmen often remained in a state of economic dependence on their former masters.

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What was the main message of the cartoon by Thomas Nast published in 1874?

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Opponents of Reconstruction were using violence to intimidate the freedmen.

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Which phrase completes the diagram above?

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Discriminated against African Americans