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Reconstruction STAAR Review

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8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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A historian is writing an article fr a history website. The article is divided into the following topics. Which era in U.S. history is the focus of this article?

The Jacksonian era

The antebellum era

The Federalist era

The Reconstruction era

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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What is the historical significance of this act?

It was the first time Congress voted to overrule a president.

It represented a shift in federal power after the impeachment of President Johnson.

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

It represented the failure of northern abolitionists to influence Reconstruction policies.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

The election of Hiram Rhodes Revels in 1870 was significant because he was the first African American to -

win an election as a member of the Democratic Party

win a majority of the popular vote in Mississippi

serve as a member of the U.S. Senate

run for public office in the South

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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

punish plantation owners for the use of slavery

support Radical Reconstruction objectives in the South

promote the activities of the Freedmen's Bureau

limit the impact of the Thirteenth Amendment

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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

Agricultural workers organized labor unions.

Many former slaves became trapped in a cycle of debt.

Many agricultural workers moved to cities to states small businesses.

Landowners sold property to pay wages to former slaves.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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The list describes conditions found in -

California during the Gold Rush

Washington, D.C. during the War of 1812

western territories after the U.S. - Mexican War

Southern states at the beginning of Reconstruction.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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Southern states passed the codes described in this excerpt in order to -

limit the effects of the Reconstruction Amendments

increase the labor supply for factory jobs in the North

decrease the number of northern representatives in Congress

improve relations with the Democratic Party.

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