Reconstruction/Start of Slideshow 2

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What was the purpose of the Reconstruction?

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To help the southern states become a part of the Union again.

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Which of the following was NOT part of the plan that Abraham Lincoln had for Reconstruction?
That only 10% of voters in a state had to agree to support the Union
That all states had to agree to outlaw slavery
That any southerner who took an oath to the Union would be given a pardon
That the plantation owners of the South could keep their slaves for five years

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That the plantation owners of the South could keep their slaves for five years

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Was President Johnson easier or harder on the Southern states and President Lincoln?

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Easier

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What were the Black Codes?

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Laws in the South that made it difficult for black people to get jobs, vote, and go to school.

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Which amendment to the U. S. Constitution outlawed slavery in all of the United States of America?

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13th

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What did the 15th Amendment to the Constitution guarantee?

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All men could of any color and race could vote.

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What was the first southern state to be readmitted to the Union?

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Tennessee

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What year was the last southern state finally readmitted into the Union and the United States was truly united again?

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1870

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Who were carpetbaggers?

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Northerners who moved to South to make money off of the Reconstruction

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What did the Federal Government set up In order to fight against the Black Codes? This establishment also was to help black people and set up schools that black children could attend.

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Freedman's Bureaus