What was a common goal of the 13th 14th and 15th amendments to the United States Constitution?

granting basic rights to formerly enslaved persons

The system of sharecropping developed in the South after the Civil War because

owners of large tracts of land faced labor shortages

Literacy tests, grandfather clauses, and poll taxes were enacted by Southern States to

restrict the voting rights of African Americans

The Compromise of 1877 brought an end to Radical Reconstruction by providing for the

removal of federal troops from Southern states

After the Civil War, freedmen in the South had difficulty improving their economic condition because

the system of sharecropping kept them in a cycle of poverty

One purpose of the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) was to

protect the jobs of American workers

Both the Homestead Act (1862) and the Pacific Railway Act (1862) were efforts by the federal government to

encourage settlement west of the Mississippi River

What was one major result of the North’s victory in the Civil War?

The supremacy of the national government was upheld

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1
Lincoln’s warning“a house divided against itself cannot stand” referred to differences over the
treatment of Native American Indians
issue of slavery
treaties with European nations
funding for internal improvements
2
What was a common goal of the 13th 14th and 15th amendments to the United States Constitution?
allowing the states to veto federal laws
creating a “separate but equal” society
punishing the South for seceding from the Union
granting basic rights to formerly enslaved persons
3
The system of sharecropping developed in the South after the Civil War because
owners of large tracts of land faced labor shortages
most formerly enslaved persons had no farming skills
plantation owners wanted to diversify crops
much farmland was ruined by the war
4
Before the former Confederate states could be readmitted to the Union, Congress' plan for Reconstruction wanted state to
help rebuild Northern industries
provide 40 acres of land to all freedmen
ratify the 14th amendment
imprison all former Confederate soldiers
5
Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Sojourner Truth are similar bc they support the
nulliﬁcation theory of States rights
passage of Black Codes
plantation system in the South
abolitionist movement
6
Literacy tests, grandfather clauses, and poll taxes were enacted by Southern States to
limit the movement of African Americans
expand educational opportunities for African Americans
improve the social status of African Americans
restrict the voting rights of African Americans
7
After the Civil War, Southern state legislatures attempted to restrict the rights of formerly enslaved persons by
enacting legislation to strengthen the Freedmen’s Bureau
supporting the goals of the Radical Republicans
ratifying the 15th amendment
passing Black Codes
8
The Compromise of 1877 brought an end to Radical Reconstruction by providing for the
removal of federal troops from Southern states
resignation of President Rutherford B. Hayes
strict enforcement of the 14th amendment
establishment of a system of sharecropping
9
After the Civil War, Southern state legislatures attempted to restrict the rights of formerly enslaved persons by
enacting legislation to strengthen the Freedmen’s Bureau
ratifying the 15th amendment
supporting the goals of the Radical Republicans
passing Black Codes
10
After the Civil War, freedmen in the South had difficulty improving their economic condition because
the system of sharecropping kept them in a cycle of poverty
literacy for formerly enslaved persons was prohibited
the federal government confiscated their 40- acre grants
factory workers from Northern cities had created competition for jobs
11
One purpose of the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) was to
expand the civil rights of immigrants
protect the jobs of American workers
speed construction of the western railroads
encourage settlement of the Pacific Coast
12
Both the Homestead Act (1862) and the Pacific Railway Act (1862) were efforts by the federal government to
provide land to minority groups
support settlement of former plantation lands
encourage settlement west of the Mississippi River
resolve conflicts with Native American Indians
13
What was one major result of the North’s victory in the Civil War?
Slave owners were compensated for their losses
The power of the Supreme Court was limited.
The supremacy of the national government was upheld
The inﬂuence of corporations on government was reduced

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