Reconstruction

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Reconstruction succeeded in its goals of restoring the Union and helping to:

• regulate the railroads
• eliminate the Ku Klux Klan
• destroy the Freedmen’s Bureau
• repair the war-torn South

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repair the war-torn South

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What was the main goal of the Ku Klux Klan during the Reconstruction?

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Prevent African Americans from exercising their rights.

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The Fourteenth Amendment was part of a series of laws that

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ensured the civil rights of African Americans.

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As white southerners regained control of state governments, they began to:
- refuse to pay war debts.
- join the Republican Party.
- reverse Reconstruction era reforms.
- compensate former slaves.

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reverse Reconstruction era reforms.

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When did Reconstruction come to an end?

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Federal troops were removed from the South.

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The Freedmen’s Bureau succeeded in

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providing clothing, medical care, food, and education to many freed people.

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In his presidential Reconstruction plan, Andrew Johnson

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was more generous than Lincoln.

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The goal of the Freedmen’s Bureau was to

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help former slaves adjust to freedom.

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A major failure of Reconstruction was that

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racist attitudes continued in the North and South.

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The Reconstruction Act of 1867

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put the South under military rule.