Reconstruction Era Amendments and Policies Flashcard

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What was a common goal of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the United States Constitution?

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Granting basic rights to formerly enslaved persons

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Which actions did Southern States take to keep African Americans from exercising the rights guaranteed in this amendment? Options: Denying women the right to vote, Establishing religious and property-holding requirements for voting, Collecting poll taxes and requiring literacy tests.

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Passing Black Codes and establishing segregated schools

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Why did the Radical Republicans in Congress oppose President Abraham Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction?

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Because it demanded immediate political rights for formerly enslaved persons

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After the Civil War, why did freedmen in the South have difficulty improving their economic conditions? Options: Literacy for former enslaved persons was prohibited, Migration of factory workers from Northern cities had created competition for jobs, The system of sharecropping kept them in a cycle of poverty, The federal government confiscated their 40-acre grants

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The system of sharecropping kept them in a cycle of poverty

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Why were Black Codes established in the South immediately after the Civil War?

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Limit the rights of newly freed African Americans

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In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court

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Ruled against the rights of African Americans in the United States

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Which heading best completes the partial outline below?
Options: Impact of Industrialization, Examples of Religious Revivalism, Rise of Sectionalism, Events Leading to the Mexican War

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Rise of Sectionalism

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Which term refers to the idea that settlers had the right to decide whether slavery would be legal in their territory?

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Popular sovereignty

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What was the main accomplishment of the Freedmen’s Bureau?

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Providing aid and education to emancipated slaves

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What practice did the Plessy v. Ferguson ruling uphold?

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Racial segregation in public spaces