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Reconstruction: Background Essay Questions

Authored by Darla Phillips

History, Social Studies

11th Grade

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Reconstruction: Background Essay Questions
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 5 pts

Why was 1876 an important year for America?

Thomas Jefferson had envisioned our country in 1876.

It was the year that the greatest president, Ruther B Hayes, was elected.

It was the year America made homesteading legal.

It was the 100th year anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 5 pts

Who ran for the democratic ticket during the 1876 presidential election?

Abraham Lincoln

Samuel J. Tilden

Donald J. Trump

Rutherford B. Hayes

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 5 pts

Who ran for the republican ticket during the 1876 presidential election?

Samuel J. Tilden

Donald J. Trump

Rutherford B. Hayes

Abraham Lincoln

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

An "irony" is something you don't expect, something that doesn't seem to fit. What was the irony of history that occurred in 1876?

While the year was meant to represent freedom, it crushed that for African Americans.

Scalawags were southern white citizens supported Reconstruction, but would defend groups such as the KKK and white liners.

That the 15th Amendment was ratified and yet several minorities were still held from voting.

It was the 100th year birth of independence in America.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

What was the Compromise of 1877?

An agreement that it Samuel J. Tilden won, he would maintain federal troops in the south.

An agreement that if Rutherford B. Hayes won, he would remove federal troops from the south.

An economic agreement that would return American economy right and end the panic of 1873.

An agreement between two parties that mutually benefits both.

6.

OPEN ENDED QUESTION

3 mins • 5 pts

Define the 13th Amendment.

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3 mins • 5 pts

Define the 14th Amendment.

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