Unit 8 Reconstruction (APUSH Period 5)

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What officially abolished slavery in the US? Options: Emancipation Proclamation, Surrender of Robert E. Lee, 13th Amendment, 14th Amendment

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13th Amendment

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During Reconstruction, the Freedmen’s Bureau was able to

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greatly increase the number of former slaves who could read (literate).

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All of the following statements about the Fourteenth Amendment are true EXCEPT:
It was vehemently opposed by President Johnson.
It guaranteed all citizens the equal protection of the law.
It permitted former high-ranking Confederates to hold office.
It declared that all persons born in the United States were citizens.

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It permitted former high-ranking Confederates to hold office.

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Gave 160 acres of land for free if you would live on it and farm it for 5 years

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Homestead Act

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"To set free" is the definition of which word?

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Emancipate

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Scalawags were

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Southern Republicans

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Carpetbaggers moved south to: Control politics, Stop violence against African Americans, Take advantage of southern economic conditions.

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All of the above

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African Americans gained political representation under which plan? Johnson's, Lincoln's, Radical Republicans

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Radical Republicans

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How were carpetbaggers viewed by the South?

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Unwanted

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The first African American US senator was

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Hiram Revels