Civil War and Reconstruction

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What did the 13th Amendment do?

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made slavery illegal

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What did the 14th Amendment do?

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made former slaves citizens and gave them rights

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What did the 15th Amendment do? gave black men the right to vote

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gave black men the right to vote

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What was segregation?

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the forced separation of races

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What was Reconstruction?

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the period of time after the Civil War

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The US government created what organization to help former slaves and poor whites?

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Freedman's Bureau

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Reconstruction was the process of

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rebuilding the South after the Civil War

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Northerners who migrated to the mostly destroyed post-war south to make large profits and/or help freedmen were known as

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Carpetbaggers

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Which of the following is true about sharecropping: Sharecropping favored the freedmen. Many freedmen were able to buy new homes through sharecropping. Most sharecroppers remained in debt or in a cycle of poverty. Many state governments offered loan for sharecropping farmers.

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Most sharecroppers remained in debt or in a cycle of poverty.

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What organization was designed to intimidate former slaves and anyone who supported former slaves?

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Ku Klux Klan