Midterm Study Flashcards Amer Hist 8 SY2024-25

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A written account of fighting witnessed and experienced during a war. Would this be a primary or secondary source?

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Primary Source

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Is your textbook a primary source or secondary source?

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Secondary Source

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A period of time when the U.S. was rebuilding after the Civil War?

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Reconstruction

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What was the main purpose of Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan for Reconstruction?

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To offer amnesty (forgiveness) to Confederates who swore loyalty to the Union

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What was the Freedmen’s Bureau created to do?

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Help former slaves by providing food, clothing, and education

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a political problem in the South after the Civil War?

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Fear of African Americans gaining power

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Who was Hiram Revels and why was he important?

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The first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate

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What action(s) did Congress take over President Johnson's veto?

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Passed other Reconstruction acts

and moved to impeach him

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Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?

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13th Amendment

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What does the Fourteenth Amendment guarantee?

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Equal protection of the laws

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