Reconstruction Era Flashcard for Students

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What group was created in 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee, 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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Members of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) MOST LIKELY intimidated Southern voters in order to

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achieve the Klan's political ideals.

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The MAIN purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau was to

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help formerly enslaved people adjust to their newfound freedom.

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Following the American Civil War, northern cities saw an increase in population thanks in part to the movement of formerly enslaved people out of the South.

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the movement of formerly enslaved people out of the South.

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What is the name of the labor system that developed throughout the South after the Civil War that kept poor Blacks and whites working in agriculture?

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sharecropping

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Following the Civil War, _____ were very common in Southern agriculture, bringing with them work tools and work animals.

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sharecroppers

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Which is the BEST description of the southern economy during Reconstruction?

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The southern economy was still based on agriculture and cotton, but now depended on sharecropping rather than slave labor.

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What crop was produced more than any other in Georgia during the Reconstruction Era?

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cotton

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Which statement describes the major setback for Black leaders after the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment by Georgia in 1868? Options: White lawmakers wrote laws to place heavier taxes on Black citizens. White landowners attempted to start slave trading again in the south. Black members of the Georgia Assembly were removed from their positions. Black students had to be home schooled as they were removed from public schools.

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Black members of the Georgia Assembly were removed from their positions.

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During Reconstruction, the "Black Codes"

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were laws passed by mainly Southern states to keep African Americans in a system of virtual slavery.