RECONSTRUCTION: America After the Civil War

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Which of the following is the best description of the Reconstruction Era? Options: The process of African Americans adjusting to life as freedmen, Southern states rejoining the Northern states, Lincoln allowing Congress to decide how the Southern states should be punished

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Southern states rejoining the Northern states

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Which words most accurately reflect Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction? Options: “the government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish”, “revenge is the justice due upon our southern counterparts”, “with malice towards none”, “all Americans, Northerners and Southerners, are due the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”

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“with malice towards none”

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The purpose of the “Black Codes” were to

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limit many rights of African Americans

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Which of the following is a specific example of how the Freedmen’s Bureau supported freedmen?
Options:
Jobs were given to African Americans in the lumber industry,
Money was given to freedmen to buy food and shelter,
Education was provided to freedmen,
Trains and wagons carried freedmen to the North to find jobs

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Education was provided to freedmen

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What was the significance of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution?

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Slavery was eradicated from America

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What is the significance of the 15th Amendment?

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Voting rights were not determined by race.

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General Sherman defeated the south using this tactic:

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Total War

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What Amendment grants citizenship to all person born on American soil except for Native Americans?

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The 14th Amendment

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__________________________ means to formally leave the United States.

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Secede

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This is the year that the Civil War started?

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1861