Unit 6 Test

Match the vocabulary term to its definition. 

• Amnesty 

• an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses

• Civil Rights 

• an official in state government who ranks second to the governor 

• Lieutenant Governor 

• any of the liberties and freedoms citizens are supposed to have

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LA.7.6.a.

Match the vocabulary term to its definition. 

• Coup D'etat 

• a sudden and illegal takeover of government by force

• Reconcile

• a fee that a person has to pay before they can vote

• Poll Tax

• to return to a friendly relationship after a conflict 

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LA.7.6.a.

Pick the right options in the dropdown below. Reconstruction is the time period after the​ (a)   . It is about the north and south​ ​ (b)   .

• Civil War
• reuniting as one nation after a major conflict
• War of 1812
• American Revolution
• learning to live as two seperate countries

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LA.7.6.a.

Why did Congress feel the need to be much harder on the South in Reconstruction?

• Many citizens were not ready to accept the south's return to the Union and wanted them punished. 

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  The South was being forced to return to the Union despite wanting to remain as The Confederacy. 

• The South was extremely sorrowful for their actions in the Civil War and regretted starting the war. 

• The South was not remorseful or regretful about the causing the war or what happened during the war. 

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LA.7.14.c.

Which of the following statements about Black Codes are accurate? Select the two correct answers.

• Black Codes repealed the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments throughout the South.

• Black Codes were intended to keep African Americans as close to enslavement as possible.

• Black Codes limited the rights of African Americans to own property, conduct business, and travel freely.

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  Black Codes were an attempt by Republicans to increase the political participation of formerly enslaved people.

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  Under Congressional Reconstruction, Southern states had to pass Black Codes in order to be readmitted to the Union.

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LA.7.14.h.

Match the following amendments.

• 13th Amendment

• 
  It made all formerly enslaved people citizens of the United States.

• 14th Amendment

• Stated that no state could deny a person’s right to vote on account of their race.

• 15th Amendment

• It banned private ownership of enslaved individuals.

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LA.7.14.c.

Use the image to answer the question.
The scene shown in the image is most closely associated with ___________________. 

• Louisiana's constitution of 1684

• the Freedmen's Bureau

• 
  the Ten Percent Plan

• sharecropping

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LA.7.14.c.

Because of the sharecropping system, most African Americans in the South ______________. 

• lived their lives in poverty 

• became independent landowners

• were able to achieve financial security

• moved from the South to the Great Plains

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LA.7.14.c.

Use the table to answer the question.
Which details correctly complete the chart? Select the two correct answers. 

• ratify the Fourteenth Amendment

• establish a free public school system

• 
  write and ratify a new state constitution

• create Black Codes to protect civil rights

• distribute land equally to formerly enslaved people

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LA.7.14.c.

Use the map to answer the question.
Based on the map, in which year were most Southern states readmitted to the Union? 

• 1866

• 1868

• 1870

• 1874

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LA.7.6.a.