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President of the U.S. during the Civil War who issued the Emancipation Proclamation which freed slaves in the states that seceded.

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Abraham Lincoln

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What was Lincoln's main goal throughout the Civil War?

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to preserve the Union

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A type of farming in which a farmer rents a piece of land and receives supplies from a landlord in exchange for a share of the crops and profits is known as what?

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Sharecropping

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A Southerner who supported the policies of Reconstruction was known as a what by Southerners?

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Scalawag

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The system of repressive laws in the South that would be passed as Reconstruction ended would be known as what?

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Jim Crow

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The phase of Reconstruction where the Radical Republicans in Legislative Branch oversaw Reconstruction was known as what?

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Congressional Reconstruction

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What terrorist group would become the most prominent form of resistance to the policies of Reconstruction?

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Klu Klux Klan

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What animal impacted the building of the railroads, and was also essential to the Native Americans way of life?

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Bison

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The process of adopting American ways of life. Influenced the creation of government policies like the Native American Boarding Schools.

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Americanization

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What was the purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau?

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A federal agency that help southern communities recover from the devastation brought about by the Civil War and provided food, housing and medical aid to both freed people and poor white southerners.