Hayes Civil War & Reconstruction

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The Civil War was mostly about ___.

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slavery and state laws

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President Abraham Lincoln issued the ________ DURING the civil war. It forced enslaved people to be freed, but the Confederacy basically ignored it.

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Emancipation Proclamation

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What was the Freedman's Bureau?

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helped former slaves find family members, gain an education, and afford food, shelter, and clothing

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What was the number one challenge of sharecropping?

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bad season of crops would mean no money

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A person who opposed slavery was called _____

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an Abolitionist

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The 13th Amendment ___.

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abolished slavery in the United States

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This Amendment ensured African Americans would be considered citizens of the United States and would have the same rights.

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14th Amendment

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How many states seceded to create the Confederate States of America?

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11

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The goal of Reconstruction was to unite the country again.

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unite the country again.

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A strength of the South during the Civil War was: they had a larger population, They were fighting in a familiar area, They had many industries, They grew a lot of cotton

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They were fighting in a familiar area