Unit 6 (Reconstruction) Study Guide

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How was the Freedmen's Bureau and the Ku Klux Klan different in their outcomes?

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The Ku Klux Klan lasted longer than the Freedmen’s Bureau, but it did not succeed in meeting as many of its goals.

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How did the Freedmen's Bureau view public education?

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The Bureau believed public education would help African Americans better understand their freedom.

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How did the Ku Klux Klan view public education?

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The Klan thought education for African Americans would hurt the Klan's powerful position in society.

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Which of the following BEST explains why the number of farms increased while the number of acres planted decreased in Georgia during the Reconstruction Era?
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The lack of hard currency made it difficult to hire laborers.
The lack of farming tools after Sherman’s March made farming difficult.
The state of the economy forced plantations to subdivide into smaller farms.
The state of the railroads after Sherman’s March made transporting goods difficult.

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The state of the economy forced plantations to subdivide into smaller farms.

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How did white Democrats justify their decision to remove African American legislators from the Georgia General Assembly during Reconstruction?

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They found or fabricated issues in the personal lives of the African American legislators which violated obscure parts of the Georgia State Constitution.

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Which of the following BEST describes how the swift ratification of the 13th Amendment under Presidential Reconstruction impacted Georgia during Reconstruction? It allowed Georgia to temporarily reenter the Union even with a state constitution close to its pre-war constitution.

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It allowed Georgia to temporarily reenter the Union even with a state constitution close to its pre-war constitution.

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The removal of African American legislators from the Georgia General Assembly during Reconstruction caused what to happen?

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The United States government decided that Georgia was not fully Reconstructed.

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Black legislators were elected to Georgia's Congress during Reconstruction, which caused Georgia's state constitution to ____________ which had the GREATEST impact in Georgia's history.

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call for free public education

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How was Johnson's and Lincoln's Reconstruction plans similar?

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Johnson’s plan was modeled on Lincoln’s but was received poorly by Radical Republicans in Congress after Lincoln’s assassination.

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How was Congressional Reconstruction plans different from Johnson’s Reconstruction plans?

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Congressional plans were based on the idea that the South should be punished while Johnson’s plans were not.