US History MidTerm

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Restrictions on African Americans in the south (education, voting, jobs).

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Jim Crow Laws

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Removed most of the penalties imposed on former Confederates by the Fourteenth Amendment.

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Amnesty Act of 1872

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If a sharecropper or tenant farmer owed any money at all to the landlord for cash loans or the use of tools, he or she could not leave until the debt was paid.

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Peonage

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Which amendment guaranteed the "equal protection" of the laws to all American citizens? Options: 15th, 13th, 12th, 14th

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14th

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The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. - The 15th Amendment Which practices were introduced in Southern states after Reconstruction to circumvent this amendment?

• African-American freedmen increased their participation in government in the nation's first experiment in biracial democracy.
• White and black children in Southern states were required to attend separate, racially segregated public schools, and to use separate playgrounds.
• "Jim Crow" laws imposed racial segregation in public places, including trains, restaurants, and hotels.
• Poll taxes, literacy tests, and residency requirements were passed, which affected African Americans more than other citizens.

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Poll taxes, literacy tests, and residency requirements were passed, which affected African Americans more than other citizens.

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Which two groups most helped the freedmen during the Reconstruction Era?

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Radical Republicans and carpetbaggers

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What was the significance of the Battle of Vicksburg during the Civil War?

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The battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi River, dividing the Confederacy in two.

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Which title best completes the diagram? Options: Causes of the Civil War, Key Events of the Civil War, Individual Rights during the Civil War, The Nullification Crisis

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Causes of the Civil War

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Which group was most negatively impacted by the policy reflected in this poster? Options: African American Sharecroppers, White Farmers, Recent Chinese Immigrants, Native Americans

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Native Americans

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Which factor contributed to the shift in population shown on the graph?

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New jobs in industry attracted farmers and farm laborers to cities.