Reconstruction 2
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True or False
Both northerners and southerners supported
Reconstruction. -
False
Most southerners hated Reconstruction and blamed the north for their problems. - What does segregation mean?
- forced separation of people by race
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True or False
Reconstruction governments were responsible for some positive changes in the south, including building many public schools. - True
- What laws were passed by Southern states after the war which limited the freedom of the African Americans?
- Black Codes
- Which amendment ended slavery in the U.S.?
- Thirteenth Amendment
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True or False
Republican control of Congress led to more civil rights for African Americans in the 1870s. - True
- What does Reconstruction mean?
- Reuniting the U.S. and rebuilding the south
- What led to the end of Reconstruction?
- Compromise of 1877
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What did Southern Democrats call white southern Republicans who cooperated with the Reconstruction governments?
This word meant liars and cheats. - scalawags
- What federal agency was established to provide relief for all poor people in the South after the Civil War?
- Freedmen's Bureau
- What did the Civil War Amendments, 13th, 14th and 15th, have in common?
- All three increased the rights of African Americans.
- Most southern states had laws which enforced segregation. What were these laws called?
- Jim Crow laws
- Who was impeached because of frequent problems with Congress?
- Andrew Johnson
- Who was the vice president who became president after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?
- Andrew Johnson
- What group in Congress considered the Black Codes to be undemocratic and cruel?
- Radical Republicans
- What were carpetbaggers?
- Northern Republicans who moved south after the Civil War
- What was the system that allowed poor people to farm land they could not afford called?
- sharecropping
- What is an official pardon for illegal acts called?
- a pardon
- How was the southern economy affected by the Civil War?
- food was scarce, railroads were ruined, banks went out of business and businesses went bankrupt
- What name was given to the laws which divided the South into 5 military districts until military control?
- Reconstruction Acts
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True or False
African Americans were accepted as equals after the Thirteenth Amendment. - False
- One way African Americans were kept from voting was that in order to vote, a tax had to be paid. What was this tax called?
- a poll tax
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True or False
The sharecropping system left many farmers always in debt. - True
- What terrorist organization used violence to deprive the freed slaves from exercising their civil rights?
- Ku Klux Klan