SS8H6 Georgia and Reconstruction

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Which group was created to help freed slaves adjust to their new life of freedom by building schools, providing food/shelter, and helping the former slaves find lost family members?

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Freedmen's Bureau

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According to the Georgia Constitution, Southern Democrats expelled Blacks from the Georgia legislature because:

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They did not have the right to hold office.

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Which statement describes the attitude of the Ku Klux Klan? Options: The KKK supported the ideas of Congressional Reconstruction. The KKK supported Black American politicians. The KKK used violence to terrorize Blacks from voting. The KKK agreed with Radical Republicans.

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The KKK used violence to terrorize Blacks from voting.

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Who favored harsher punishment on the Reconstruction plans?

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Congressional Republicans

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The 13th Amendment to the Constitution ______________________.

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Abolished Slavery

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Which amendment gave freed slaves U.S. Citizenship rights?

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14th Amendment

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The 15th Amendment of the United States Constitution...

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Gave African Americans the right to vote

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The process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War was known as

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Reconstruction

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After the Civil War, what lifestyle did many poor whites and freed slaves adopt?

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began sharecropping and tenant farming

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Which statement describes the major setback for black leaders after the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment by Georgia in 1868? Options: Black students had to be home schooled as they were removed from public schools., White lawmakers wrote laws to place heavier taxes on black citizens., White landowners attempted to start slave trading again in the South., Black members of the Georgia Assembly were never allowed to serve in their elected positions.

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Black members of the Georgia Assembly were never allowed to serve in their elected positions.