Reconstruction Era and Its Challenges Quick Check-In

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What did the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution accomplish?

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Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime

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What is the primary focus of the 14th Amendment?

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Defining national citizenship and forbidding the states to restrict the basic rights of citizens or other persons

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The 15th Amendment is best known for:

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Prohibiting the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude"

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What was the primary goal of the Freedmen's Bureau?

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To assist freed slaves and poor whites in the South after the Civil War

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The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) was established with the primary aim of:

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Opposing the Reconstruction policies and maintaining white supremacy

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Sharecropping was a system that:

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Required farmers to share a portion of their crops with the landowner as rent

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Which statement best describes the difference between sharecropping and tenant farming? Options: Sharecropping involved paying rent in cash, while tenant farming involved paying rent with a share of the crop, Tenant farming allowed individuals to rent land to farm, while sharecropping required individuals to work the owner's land in exchange for a share of the crops, Sharecropping was a system used only by freed slaves, while tenant farming was available to anyone, There is no significant difference; both terms mean the same thing

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Tenant farming allowed individuals to rent land to farm, while sharecropping required individuals to work the owner's land in exchange for a share of the crops

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Which amendment is directly associated with the concept of "equal protection of the laws"?

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14th Amendment

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Which is of these DO NOT BELONG as part of Post Civil War's Reconstruction Plans: President Abraham Lincoln's Reconstruction Plans (13th Amendment), President Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction Plans (Ratify 13th Amendment + State's Rights), The Ku Klux Klan's Reconstruction Plans (terrorized the South), Congressional (Radical Republican) Reconstruction Plan (13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments)?

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The Ku Klux Klan's Reconstruction Plans (terrorized the South)

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The Freedmen's Bureau was significant because it: Established the first public schools in the South for both African American and white children; Was the first federal welfare agency

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Both A and B