H6 Reconstruction

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What impact did the 13th Amendment to the Constitution have on the American slave population?

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The institution of slavery became illegal in America and the the newly freed men and women began to search for jobs in cities.

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What impact did the 14th amendment to the Constitution have on the American slave population?

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It gave citizenship to African Americans, giving them the same rights and protection.

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What impact did the 15th Amendment to the Constitution have on the African American population?

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Male citizens of all races were able to cast their vote in public elections allowing for more men of color to represent the needs of their voters.

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What was President Abraham Lincoln's plan to bring the Confederate states back into the Union generally known as?

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the Ten Percent Plan

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Which of the following statements correctly compares the Freedmen's Bureau and the Ku Klux Klan? Options: Both the Freedmen's Bureau and the Ku Klux Klan were eventually outlawed by Congress., Both the Freedmen's Bureau and the Ku Klux Klan were originally created through acts of Congress, Both the Freedmen's Bureau and the Ku Klux Klan used violent means to accomplish their goals, Both the Freedmen's Bureau and the Ku Klux Klan were created in response to changing social conditions.

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Both the Freedmen's Bureau and the Ku Klux Klan were created in response to changing social conditions.

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Why were thirty-two newly elected members of the Georgia General Assembly removed from the legislature during Reconstruction?

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to limit the political power and influence of African Americans

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How did the United States respond to the removal of African American legislators from the Georgia General Assembly?

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The federal government refused to readmit Georgia to the United States.

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Following the Civil War, which crop was the MOST essential factor in the economic recovery of Georgia? Options: corn, cotton, indigo, wheat

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cotton

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This gave all men regardless of race the right to vote.

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15th Amendment

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This secret society attempted to keep Freedmen from exercising their rights through threats and violence.

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the Ku Klux Klan