Reconstruction Era Review

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This amendment abolished slavery

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13th Amendment

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What was the purpose of the Black Codes after the Civil War?

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To limit the rights of African Americans

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Which workers in the South rented farms and paid rent with cash or crops?

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Sharecroppers

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Why did poor white people and freed African Americans get involved with sharecropping?

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They had little money to buy or rent land.

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Which group of people were known as Freedmen?

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Slaves who were freed at the end of the Civil War.

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What laws replaced Black Codes and encouraged segregation in the South?

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"Jim Crow" laws

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Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?

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John Wilkes Booth

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What group in Congress felt that Lincoln's plan was too lenient? Options: Deciduous Democrats, Radical Republicans, Wistful Whigs, Fancy Federalists

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Radical Republicans

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These were laws that made it illegal for African Americans to live or work in certain areas and allowed whites to arrest African Americans who were not working.  Once arrested they would be forced to work for white landowners.

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Black Codes

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The process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War.

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Reconstruction