Reconstruction and Economic Growth Unit 5 Test

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Why were very few votes cast by southern states in Johnson's impeachment trial?

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only a few southern states had been readmitten to the Union

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What is agreed upon in a sharecropping contract?

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sharecropping

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Which industry's decline would hurt the southern economy the most? Options: iron production, agriculture, manufacturing, railroad construction

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agriculture

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Which Reconstruction-era political group is depicted in the image?

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carpetbaggers

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What event or characteristic of the Industrial Revolution does this painting illustrate? Options: the opening of the Erie Canal, the environmental impact of steel mills, the decline of steamboat transportation, the development of the Bessemer process

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the environmental impact of steel mills

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In Guinn v. United States the Supreme Court struck down the grandfather clause because _____?

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it discriminated again blakcs, and therefore violated the Fifteenth Amendment

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Why was it especially difficult for the southern economy to recover from the loss of farms?

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The Southern economy was largely based on agriculture.

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Based on the text on the banners, which workers' issue mostly likely prompted this protest demonstration?

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unsafe working conditions

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What general principle was established in the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision?

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States could require separate facilities for African Americans as long as the facilities were equal.

Front

Describe Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan?

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the plan would have been very lenient toward the South