Unit 10 STAAR Review

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These reforms were instituted by --

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Reconstruction governments after the Civil War

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Which statement explains the purpose of military government in the South during Reconstruction? Options: It prevented carpetbaggers from operating former Confederate businesses. It protected and ensured the rights of newly freed enslaved people. It provided money and weapons to newly freed enslaved people. It prohibited African Americans from running for public office.

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It protected and ensured the rights of newly freed enslaved people.

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How did President Lincoln succeed in permanently abolishing the practice represented by the tree in this cartoon?

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By promoting the passage and ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment

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What is the historical significance of this act?

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It was the first time Congress passed a law that protected racial minorities.

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Which breakthrough did Hiram Rhodes Revels accomplish during Reconstruction?

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He became the first African American to win a seat in the U.S. Congress.

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How did southern states respond to the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment? Options: By creating a segregated public education system, By shutting down all remaining offices of Freedmen's Bureau, By imposing requirements designed to deny African Americans the right to vote, By forcing African Americans to work as tenant farmers and sharecroppers

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By imposing requirements designed to deny African Americans the right to vote

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After the Civil War, southern states adopted Black Codes to --

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limit the impact of the Thirteenth Amendment

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Which of the following best completes this list? Established schools, Certified applications for political office, Granted small-business loans, Provided funds for farming supplies

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Established schools

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What was one long-term consequence of the sharecropping system?

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Many former slaves became trapped in a cycle of debt.