The Civil War & Reconstruction

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As the Civil War began, President Abraham Lincoln stated that his primary goal was to

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preserve the Union

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What was a major result of the Civil War?

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The power of the central government was strengthened.

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Abraham Lincoln to explain his policy of leniency toward the South after the Civil War?

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Healing the nation’s wounds quickly is essential.

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The Radical Republicans in Congress opposed President Abraham Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction because Lincoln

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rejected the idea of harsh punishments for the South

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Many Southern States tried to limit the effects of Radical Reconstruction by: adopting federal laws mandating segregation, enacting Jim Crow laws, abolishing the Southern sharecropping system, securing passage of new amendments to the United States Constitution

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enacting Jim Crow laws

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Literacy tests and poll taxes were often used to

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limit voter participation by African Americans

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What was a common purpose of the three amendments added to the United States Constitution between 1865 and 1870? Options: extending suffrage to Southern women, reforming the sharecropping system, granting rights to African Americans, protecting rights of Southerners accused of treason

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granting rights to African Americans

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Which action marked the end of Reconstruction in the United States? Options: ratification of the 14th amendment, withdrawal of federal troops from the South, creation of the Freedmen’s Bureau, impeachment of President Andrew Johnson

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withdrawal of federal troops from the South

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Which statement best describes how the status of African Americans in the South changed soon after the end of Reconstruction in 1877?

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African Americans faced increasing discrimination and segregation.

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The Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) had a major impact on the lives of African Americans because it ruled that

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separate but equal public facilities were legal