Reconstruction Remediation

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What was the purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?

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To assist newly freed African Americans and white refugees after the Civil War.

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Which amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States?

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Fourteenth Amendment

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What were the consequences of the Black Codes? Options: Continuation of racial discrimination, denial of civil rights, establishment of a system similar to slavery; Integration of different races, equal distribution of civil rights, elimination of slavery; Promotion of racial equality, protection of civil rights, eradication of slavery.

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Continuation of racial discrimination, denial of civil rights, establishment of a system similar to slavery

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What was the main goal of sharecropping?

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To provide labor and land for agricultural production in exchange for a share of the crops produced.

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What were the effects of Jim Crow Laws?

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The effects of Jim Crow Laws included the perpetuation of racial inequality, the creation of separate and unequal facilities for African Americans, and the suppression of their political and economic power.

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What was the impact of the 13th Amendment on the Reconstruction Era?

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The 13th Amendment abolished slavery and had a significant impact on the Reconstruction Era.

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What was the impact of the 15th Amendment on voting rights?

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The 15th Amendment granted African American men the right to vote and prohibited racial discrimination in voting.

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What Reconstruction Plan allowed southern states to reenter the Union if 10% of their state swore allegiance to the United States?

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Lincoln's Plan

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What officially ended Reconstruction in the United States?

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Compromise of 1877

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How did sharecropping affect farmers in the south during Reconstruction?

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By keeping renters in debts to landlords