SSUSH 10

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Literacy tests were used throughout the South after the U.S. Civil War to.........

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deny poor whites and african americans the right to vote

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The agency created by the United States Congress in 1865 to set up schools and churches, supply food and clothing, and solve employment issues for the former slaves?

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Freedman's Bureau

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Each of the following is an example of the work done by which organization?
· Established by Congress on March 3, 1865
· Provided employment and medical assistance to former slaves
· Trained teachers and built over 1,000 schools
· Disbanded in 1869 due to a lack of success and funding

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Freedom's Bureau

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Which of the following was NOT a result of the Compromise of 1877?
- end of Reconstruction
- beginning of Jim Crow in the south
- Radical Republican control in Congress
- removal of federal troops from the south

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Radical Republican control in Congress

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The 14th amendment of the United States requires

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States had to give all citizens, regardless of their race or religion, equal protection under the law.

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By the end of Reconstruction, most African Americans in the United States

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were left out of the political process due to poll taxes and literacy tests.

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The impeachment of President Andrew Johnson was due to: he lied under oath, he was a Confederate military general, Power struggle he and Congress engaged in over Reconstruction, he was a Radical Republican

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Power struggle he and Congress engaged in over Reconstruction

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What group was created in 1865 for the purpose of preventing both the programs of Reconstruction and laws promoting racial equality?

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Ku Klux Klan

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The agency created by Congress to establish schools and churches as well as provide employment and nutrition assistance was the........

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Freedmen's Bureau

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Which of the following organizations provided assistance to freed slaves following the Civil War? Ku Klux Klan, Freedmen's Bureau, NAACP, American Missionary Association

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Freedmen's Bureau