Reconstruction, Industrial Age, Immigration flashcard

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Reconstruction

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A time period after the Civil War in which President Andrew Johnson attempted to reestablish the Union

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Goals of Reconstruction EXCEPT: Help rebuild the South, Help integrate Freed African Americans into Society, Help Construct Confederate Monuments to celebrate fallen Southern troops, Help readmit the Southern States into the Union

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Help Construct Confederate Monuments to celebrate fallen Southern troops

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Where can the following excerpt be found? "That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United Sates, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free....

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The Emancipation Proclamation

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What is included in the 13th Amendment?

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Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction

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How did the U.S. Supreme Court rulings in Slaughterhouse, Cruikshank, and Civil Rights Case 'gut' the 14th Amendment during the Reconstruction era?

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By restricting the federal enforcement of the 14th Amendment and allowing states to define and 'protect' individual rights.

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Which of the following is from the 15th Amendment?

• Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
• The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
• All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
• Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

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The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

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According to the video Amend - Episode 2, what happened to almost all white Americans who committed crimes against African Americans as the Reconstruction era came to an end?

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Normally they weren't even charged with a crime.

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According to the video Amend - Episode 2, when and why did Southern citizens erect Confederate monuments throughout the South?

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Confederate Monuments were erected after Reconstruction to celebrate the South's ability to maintain power over African Americans

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The Freedmen's Bureau used its budget to do which of the following?

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All of the Above

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What was significant about the election of Hiram Rhodes Revels from Mississippi?

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He was the first African American elected to the U.S. Senate. He was elected in 1870.