What was one of the most important issues of Reconstruction?

to determine how the representatives of Southern states would return to Congress

to decide how to ensure that states repaid debts from the conflict

to decide how the slavery issue would be resolved in the territories

to plan how to move recent immigrants from crowded northern cities to southern farms

What did the Freedmen's Bureau do?

provide assistance to African American and white refugees in the South

organize loyalty oaths by African American and white citizens in the South

redistribute southern plantation lands to freedmen and poor whites

register formerly enslaved people to vote

What significant question would passage of the Fourteenth Amendment address?

Who is included as a citizen of the United States?

How will slavery be outlawed in the United States?

Who should have the right to vote in a democratic republic?

Who should have access to publicly funded education?

What was an immediate goal of the Ku Klux Klan?

to prevent African Americans from voting

to break the power of the Republican Party

to drive African Americans from the South

Why did the Republican Party refuse to support women's suffrage?

They felt it would hinder their goal of attaining African American suffrage.

Women tended to vote overwhelmingly for the Democrats.

Women did not usually make financial contributions to the party.

The party's wealthiest donors were opposed to voting rights for women.

Why was sharecropping so appealing to blacks and poor whites in the South?

One could start without any cash up front.

One could save money more effectively.

It enabled them to purchase their own land.

It allowed them to grow whatever crops they wanted.

The enactment of the Jim Crow laws sought to

keep blacks and whites separated.

promote education among blacks.

improve conditions for factory workers.

deny voting and property rights to women.

After Reconstruction, many southern states enacted a poll tax, which was used to

ensure poor African Americans could not afford to vote.

settle lawsuits filed by women rights' groups.

collect funds to repair damages suffered during the Civil War.

raise state revenue for the construction of factories.

The Civil Rights Act of 1866 sought to abolish the black codes by

using federal legislation to overrule state laws.

dissolving the new state constitutions.

blocking readmission of Southern states.

Why did tenant farmers need to be better at managing money than sharecroppers?

They controlled more of their own planning and finances.

They were landowners and had to pay for an agricultural license.

They managed the financial accounts of the landowner.

They oversaw sharecroppers who worked for the landowner.

Why did sharecroppers often find themselves in continual debt?

To recover from poor harvests, some sharecroppers took out bank loans

To buy better equipment, some sharecroppers bought on credit.

To increase their profits, some landowners inflated their expense costs.

To protect their property, some landowners required farmers to purchase insurance.

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Bringing charges against public official to be removed

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Guaranteed full citizenship status and rights

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Guaranteed voting rights to all males regardless of race

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Restricted African American freedoms

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USH Topic 1 Reconstruction

Federal Government controlled states that seceded

Bringing charges against public official to be removed

Guaranteed full citizenship status and rights

Guaranteed voting rights to all males regardless of race

Restricted African American freedoms

Southern Whites who supported Reconstruction

Northerners who moved south after the war

Enforced separation based on race

Landowner allows tenant to use land in return for crops

Provide money or resources for future returns

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