Lesson 23- The Reconstruction Era

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What was the purpose of the 13th amendment to the Constitution, the first of the 'Reconstruction Amendments'?

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to abolish slavery

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Who took the office of President after Pres. Lincoln was killed?

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Andrew Johnson

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What amendment ended slavery?

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13th Amendment

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This amendment stated anyone born in the United States is a citizen with equal rights.

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14th Amendment

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This amendment gave African American men the right to vote: 13th Amendment, 14th Amendment, 15th Amendment

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15th Amendment

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After the Civil War, southern states adopted Black Codes to -

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limit the impact of the Thirteenth Amendment

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The Fifteenth Amendment was ratified in order to -

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Protect the voting rights of African American men

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What was one long-term consequence of the sharecropping system?

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Many former slaves became trapped in a cycle of debt

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Poll Taxes, Literacy Tests, Grandfather Clauses: These measures are examples of ways southern states weakened the effects of the - Compromise of 1850, Fifteenth Amendment, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Dred Scott v. Sandford decision.

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Fifteenth Amendment

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What was the purpose of the Black Codes after the Civil War?

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To limit the rights of African Americans