5.43-5.46 Reconstruction/Freedman's Bureau/HBCU/Jim Crow Laws

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What Constitutional Amendment influenced the Tennessee Constitution to include a poll tax as a requirement for voters?

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the 15th Amendment

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When did Reconstruction come to an end in Tennessee?

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when Democrats gained control of the state government

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Why were Black Codes created?

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to limit the rights of freed people

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What was the purpose of Jim Crow laws?

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to segregate white and black Americans

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How did the Tennessee Constitution of 1870 affect African American voting rights?

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The Constitution of 1870 established a poll tax.

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Which of the following statements describes how public education was funded in Tennessee after the Constitution of 1870? White and black schools were combined and they split funds equally., White and Black schools were separate and they each received the same amount of money, White and black school were separate and more money was spend on white schools., White and black schools were combined and more money was spend on white students.

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White and black school were separate and more money was spend on white schools.

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How did Fisk University get its start?

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It was started as a school for African Americans.

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What does the list describe?
- Established schools for African Americans
- Provided food, housing, and medical aid
- Offered legal services
- Helped former slaves settle on land

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Freedmen's Bureau

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What was one of the goals of the Ku Klux Klan? Options: to reverse the federal government's Reconstruction policies, to promote former Confederate soldiers into places of power, to elect Abraham Lincoln president, to improve the contracts of sharecroppers

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to promote former Confederate soldiers into places of power

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The Freedman's Bureau was created after the Civil War to...

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establish schools and provide job training to former slaves in the south