Civil War and Reconstruction Exam

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After the Civil War, southern states adopted Black Codes to -

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limit the impact of the Thirteenth Amendment

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Which of these describes a result of the Thirteenth Amendment?
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African Americans in the North could vote.
State governments were required to protect individual rights.
Former Confederate officials were prohibited from holding elected office.
ended slavery by declaring that secession was illegal.

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ended slavery by declaring that secession was illegal.

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How did the fifteenth amendment expand democracy?

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It allowed African-American men the right to vote.

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What did the fourteenth amendment do for all Americans?

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It gave birth citizenship and rights to ALL born or naturalized in the USA.

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Which statement best explains the purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau?

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Created by Congress in 1865, the Freedmen’s Bureau was an agency to help former slaves by providing food, clothing, healthcare and schools.

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Laws that established literacy tests, poll taxes and grandfather clauses were passed by Southern states to -

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limit the rights of formerly enslaved persons

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The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments were added to the Constitution during the Reconstruction period to -

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grant legal rights to African Americans

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The abolitionist movement achieved its goal with the passage of which amendment?

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Thirteenth Amendment

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Which of these occurred as a result of the Fifteenth Amendment? African American families divided by slavery were reunited. Newly free men and women moved west to claim land. African American men voted in the 1872 presidential election. Newly free men and women were granted for U.S. citizenship.

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African American families divided by slavery were reunited.

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The Constitution that has remained the Texas Constitution was the one written after the Civil War and during Reconstruction. That is the -

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Texas Constitution of 1876