End of Reconstruction

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What was the nature of the conflict between President Andrew Johnson and the Radical Republicans?

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Johnson's insistence on carrying out former President Lincoln's Reconstruction policy angered the Radical Republicans.

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What has been a lasting impact of the Fourteenth Amendment? Options: A. It has made it easier for illegal immigrants to remain in the United States. B. Its equal protection clause has made it easier to protect the rights of minorities. C. It has given state legislatures the power to set their own immigration laws. D. Its due process clause has made it difficult to extend the rights of citizenship.

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Its equal protection clause has made it easier to protect the rights of minorities.

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How did the ratification of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments affect state representation in Congress?

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It increased the proportion of seats in the House of Representatives apportioned to Southern states by overturning the Three-Fifths Compromise.

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The disputed presidential election of 1876 was resolved through the Compromise of 1877. What did this compromise involve?

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Rutherford B. Hayes was awarded the presidency with the agreement that he would end military occupation of the South.

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How did the Compromise of 1877 impact African Americans in the South?

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State laws disenfranchised African Americans after federal troops were removed from the region.