What were Literacy Tests?

Tests for Blacks to fail to prevent them from voting

What was Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction?

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A Southerner who supported Reconstruction

What was the connection between the Freedmen's Bureau and Black Codes?

It was created in response to the Black Codes

What was a carpetbagger?

Someone who went to the South for personal gain

Why was the South divided into military districts?

The KKK, To enforce Reconstruction, Black codes

Why did the South have so much confidence at the beginning of the war??

They were expecting support from Europe

What was the purpose of the Gettysburg Address?

To honor those fallen by increasing human equality

Increased abolition in the North; angered the south

What was Reconstruction?

Time period after the Civil War rebuilding the SOuth

Why was the KKK created?

To prohibit African Americans from the 15th amendment

What is the 13th Amendment?

Abolished slavery, except as punishment for a crime

Who was Harriet Tubman?

Founder of the Underground Railroad

How could sharecroppers pay off their debt?

By taking a lower split next crop season

What does sectionalism mean?

Tension between the North and South

What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

Freed slaves in states of rebellion

What does impeach mean?

Process of charging an elected official with a crime

What was the significance of Dred Scott?

Determined African Americans were not citizens

What was the Compromise of 1877?

Hayes is president. Union is removed. $ for railroads. Reconstruction ends

What was the poll tax?

Money freedmen had to pay to vote

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1
What were Literacy Tests?
Tests for Blacks to prevent them from being emancipated
Easy tests everyone had to take to vote
Hard tests given only to Black schools
Tests for Blacks to fail to prevent them from voting
2
What was Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction?
Punish South for treason
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Radical Republican - punish south
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14th Amendment was voting
False
True
4
Who were the Radical Republicans most like?
Southerners
States' Rights advocates
Abolitionists
Expansionists
5
What is a scalawag?
A Southerner who supported Reconstruction
Someone who went from the North to South
A Northerner who supported the Confederacy
Someone who went from the South to the North
6
What was the connection between the Freedmen's Bureau and Black Codes?
It was created to help further the Black Codes
It was created in response to the Black Codes
Black Codes were created in reponse to the Freedmen's Bureau
7
What was a carpetbagger?
A federal agency to assist with Reconstruction
Someone who went to the South for personal gain
A southerner who supported the union
Someone who went to the North for selfless reasons
8
Who did sharecropping benefit?
Nobody
Land owners
Slaves
Freed Slaves
9
Why was the South divided into military districts?
The KKK
To enforce Reconstruction
Black codes
Freedmen's Bureau
10
What is the 15th Amendment?
Equal protection under the law
Women's Voting
Abolition
Voting
11
14 Amendment included equal protections under law
True
False
12
Why did the South have so much confidence at the beginning of the war??
They had a higher population
They were expecting support from Europe
They were industrialized
Higher military budget
13
President Johnson was removed from office
False
True
14
13th Amendment freed the slaves
False
True
15
What was the purpose of the Gettysburg Address?
To honor those fallen by increasing human equality
To increase civil liberties
To reframe the meaning of the war to abolish slavery
To save the Union
16
Examples of Black Codes
Vagrancy Laws
Restricted marriages
Literacy tests
Poll taxes
17
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Raised awareness in Congress
Increased abolition nationwide
Increased abolition in the South, although angered most
Increased abolition in the North; angered the south
18
What was Reconstruction?
Time period after the Civil War rebuilding the SOuth
Time period after the war rebuilding the country
Time period after Civil War rebuilding the North
19
What ended Reconstruction?
Enforcement Acts
Compromise of 1887
Compromise of 1877
Impeachment of Johnson
20
Why was the KKK created?
To prohibit African Americans from the 15th amendment
To prohibit African Americans from the 13th amendment
As a response to losing the Civil War
To prohibit African Americans from the 14th amendment
21
Why was Johnson impeached?
Firing a congressman
Firing a cabinet member
Too many vetoes
Too radical of reconstruction
22
What was the impact of the Louisiana Purchase?
Scalawags
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Abolition
Manifest Destiny
23
What is the 13th Amendment?
Abolished slavery, except as punishment for a crime
Abolished slavery
Voting
Citizenship
24
What caused the South to secede?
Dred Scott
Lincoln's election
MO Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
25
15th amendment guaranteed voting for all races and genders
False
True
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What was tenant farming?
Splitting the crop with the land owner
Like slavery
Renting the land for farming
Renting the land and splitting the crop
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Who was Harriet Tubman?
Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
Republican
Northern Whig
Founder of the Underground Railroad
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How could sharecroppers pay off their debt?
By adding another crop into the rotation
Reducing the number of crops planted
By working more hours
By taking a lower split next crop season
29
Who founded the KKK?
Former Confederate soldiers
Southern Democrats
Plantation owners
Former slave owners
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What does sectionalism mean?
Tension between the states and federal government
Issues between Congress and the President
Issues between the Democrats and Republicans
Tension between the North and South
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What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
Freed slaves in states of rebellion
Freed the slaves
Constitutional Amendment that abolished slavery
Shifted the meaning of the war to saving the Union
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What is secession?
Formally leaving a treaty
Formally leaving the Union
Entering the Union
Formally disagreeing with the Union
33
What does impeach mean?
The removal of elected official from office
Process of charging an elected official with a crime
Finding an elected official guity of a crime
Elected offical pleading guilty of a crime
34
Who won the election of 1876?
Tilden
Buchanan
Hayes
Lincoln
35
First state to secede
GA
FL
SC
NC
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What were the Enforcement Acts a response to?
The KKK
The South losing the war
The Union occupation
To enforce reconstruction
37
What was the significance of Dred Scott?
Determined African Americans were not citizens
Determined slavery is allowed in the North
Determined slaves were free if taken to new territory
Enforced the 13th Amendment
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What was a positive result of Reconstruction?
Public Schools
Social security
Industrialization in the West
Protections for all freed people
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What was the Compromise of 1877?
Ended Reconstruction
Hayes is president. Union is removed.
Decided the election
Hayes is president. Union is removed. $ for railroads. Reconstruction ends
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Who assassinated President Lincoln?
John Smith
Robert E Lee
John Wilkes Booth
Andrew Johnson
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Who helped freed slaves?
Freedmen's Bureau
Abraham Lincoln
Union soldiers
Scalawags
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What was the poll tax?
Money bribing officials
Money freedmen had to pay to vote
Money given to slaves to vote
Taxes on top of the payment to vote

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