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The purpose of the Freedman's Bureau was to

• provide 40 acres and a mule for each slave.

• gain the vote for millions of former slaves.

• provide work, education, and relief for former slaves.

• get radical Republicans in positions of power in the South.

The period of rebuilding of The South after The Civil War was known as

• The Renaissance

• Reconstruction

• The Guilded Age

• The Industrial Revolution

Who would have most likely NOT supported the Freedmen's Bureau?

• An abolitionist

• a carpetbagger

• a former slave owner

• a northern business owner

What was Reconstruction?

• equal treatment for all people
• the forced separation of races
• a farmer shares part of his crop to pay for land
• the period of time after the Civil War

The US government created what organization to help former slaves and poor whites?

• Bureau of Parks and Recreation
• Free Food Bureau
• Jobs and Education Bureau
• Freedman's Bureau

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Lincoln's Reconstruction needed southern states to have at least ________ % of the voting population take a loyalty oath.

• 10

• 30

• 50

• 99

Which side's farms, factories, railroads, etc. were destroyed?

• North
• South
• Both

Which side needed a new economy?

• North
• South
• Both

The purpose of Reconstruction was to:

• destroy the South
• rebuild and unite the country
• send former slaves back to Africa
• settle the West

After President Lincoln was assassinated, the Vice President became President. The new President was

• Andrew Johnson
• Ulysses Grant
• George Bush
• John Wilkes Booth