Reconstruction Era Flashcard

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What was a significant challenge faced by the South after the Civil War? Options: Establishing new trade routes, Rebuilding railroads and infrastructure, Expanding agricultural lands, Developing new technologies

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Rebuilding railroads and infrastructure

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What was the main purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment?

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To grant citizenship and ensure due process

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What was the reaction of Stanton and Anthony to the Fourteenth Amendment?

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They were appalled by its use of the word "male" to grant suffrage.

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What did the Thirteenth Amendment accomplish in the United States?

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It destroyed the institution of American slavery.

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How did some southern whites attempt to regain control over formerly enslaved people after the Thirteenth Amendment?

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By using Black Codes and racial terrorism.

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What was a common tactic used by nightriders to limit Black economic mobility during Reconstruction?

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Terrorizing freedpeople who tried to purchase land

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What was a common action taken by African Americans to shed the vestiges of slavery?

Back

Changing their names

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What was one of the main crops grown in the South during the Civil War?

Back

Cotton

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What was the most important economic, social, and political outcome of the war according to the text? Options: Industrialization, Emancipation, Urbanization, Colonization

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Emancipation

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What system did Black farmers often turn to after emancipation? Options: Tenant farming, Sharecropping, Plantation farming, Cooperative farming

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Sharecropping