Unit 1 Review (US History) sy25

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What did many white Southerners think about carpetbaggers?

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that they were Northerners who moved to exploit the economy in the South

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Why were Radical Republicans opposed to Andrew Johnson's plan for Reconstruction?

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It allowed the election of former Confederate soldiers to public office.

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What statement is true of Radical Republicans? Options: they were interested in a quick reunification of the nation and wanted to pardon former Confederates, they were opposed to the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, they wanted to punish former Confederates and protect the rights of freedmen, they supported the legality of secession

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they wanted to punish former Confederates and protect the rights of freedmen

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What characteristic is true of the 14th Amendment and 15th Amendment? Options: power to tax, abolition of slavery, granting rights to citizens, granting of public education

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granting rights to citizens

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What statement is true of the Southern economy after the Civil War? Options: many former slaves entered into a system of debt peonage, former slaves left cities to find jobs in rural areas, Radical Republicans worked to deny former slaves the right to own property, Jim Crow laws were passed to keep African Americans from voting

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many former slaves entered into a system of debt peonage

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How did Black Codes affect Southern society after the Civil War?

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by formalizing discrimination against African Americans

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Which of the following events contributed to the loss of the Native Americans traditional lifestyle? Plessy v. Ferguson ruling, the passage of the 17th Amendment, the Wounded Knee Massacre, the opening of Ellis Island

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the Wounded Knee Massacre

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What was a direct effect of sharecropping on the African American population following the Civil War?

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it denied them access to economic opportunities and decreased their chances for social mobility

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How did the Dawes Act affect Native Americans?

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it granted land ownership to individual Native Americans

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What was the government's goal with Indian boarding schools?

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to transform and eradicate the culture of Native Americans