Reconstruction Era Flashcard

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Why were many African Americans and poor white people forced into sharecropping after the Civil War?

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Because they had no land of their own and needed to work for landowners to survive.

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Who was the first African American elected by popular vote to serve in the U.S. Senate, and in what year did this occur?

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Hiram Revels in 1870

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How was President Lincoln’s approach to contending with the South after the Civil War different from what the Radical Republicans wanted to do?

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Lincoln favored a lenient approach, while Radical Republicans wanted harsher measures.

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Comparing and Contrasting: Think about what you have learned about the problems the United States faced after the devastation of the Civil War. How were these reunification problems similar to and different from those faced by the states when drafting and ratifying the U.S. Constitution?

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All of the above.

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Economic differences affect people in today’s society by _____ .

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creating disparities in wealth and access to resources

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What is sharecropping?

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a system where the landlord allows a renter to use the land in exchange for a part or share of the crop.

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What was the sharecropping system?

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A labor system where landless farmers worked on land owned by others in exchange for a share of the crops produced.

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Who could hold public office in the south during Reconstruction? Options: African Americans, Confederate Leaders, Southern Women, American Indians

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African Americans

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Which group of people does the picture and quote above make reference to during the Reconstruction Era?

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Carpetbaggers

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Carpetbaggers were...

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Northerners who took advantage of southern economic hardships