Reconstruction

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___________________ refers to the period of time after the Civil War when the Southern states were brought back into the Union.

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Reconstruction

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___________________ is an arrangement in which a person grows crops on someone else's land.

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Sharecropping

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Which of the following was true for former slaves during Reconstruction? They could not vote. They often owned no land of their own. They had to pay new taxes. They had to live on reservations.

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They often owned no land of their own.

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Which organization started schools for African Americans after the Civil War?

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Freedmen's Bureau

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Which of the following is true about the South after the Civil War? Southerns rejected slavery., Farms, businesses, and homes were in ruins., African Americans could easily run for political office.

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Farms, businesses, and homes were in ruins.

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What were Jim Crow Laws?

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Laws to keep blacks and whites apart.

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The Freedmen's Bureau was established in order to...

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Provide freed slaves with food, shelter, and medicine.

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Which amendment gave African American men the right to vote? Options: 13th, 14th, 15th

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15th

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Which amendment banned slavery in the United States?

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13th

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Which amendment granted citizenship to former slaves? Options: 13th, 14th, 15th

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14th