Understanding Reconstruction Amendments and Jim Crow Laws

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This graphic organizer shows the main points of the Dred Scott Decision. Which of the following completes the list?

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Stated that taking away slaves was like taking away property

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What decision does the quote from the Lincoln-Douglas Debates in 1858 describe: "If the people . . . want a slaveholding state, let them have it, and if they want a free state they a right to it. . . ."? Options: Fugitive Slave Act, Dred Scott decision, Missouri Compromise, Kansas-Nebraska Act

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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What justification did Southern states use in the 1800s to nullify tariff laws? Options: states' rights, right to secession, popular sovereignty, Kansas-Nebraska Act

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states' rights

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The poster was created in 1866. Which of the following leaders would have supported Geary in his campaign? Andrew Johnson, Thaddeus Stevens, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant

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Thaddeus Stevens

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The cartoon was created in the late 1800s. Which of the following would have supported the actions shown in this cartoon during Reconstruction? (Radical Republicans, Ku Klux Klan, Northerners, Freedmen's Bureau)

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Ku Klux Klan

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Based on the cartoon created in 1866, what conclusion can be drawn about Andrew Johnson's approach to Reconstruction? Options: He was open to hearing and implementing other group's ideas in his Reconstruction plans., He supported lenient treatment of the South and its people in rebuilding the region., He demanded that his ideas for Reconstruction be followed and ignored others' advice for rebuilding the region., He strongly supported abolitionists and their movement to change the way of life in Southern states.

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He demanded that his ideas for Reconstruction be followed and ignored others' advice for rebuilding the region.

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President Johnson used the quote from 1866: "A system for the support of indigent persons in the United States was never contemplated by the authors of the Constitution." to support vetoing which of the following? Options: The Black Codes, the Fourteenth Amendment, the Civil Rights Bill, the Freedman's Bureau Act

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the Freedman's Bureau Act

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Why did Andrew Johnson face difficulty implementing his Reconstruction plans?

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He was not accepted by the Radical Republicans.

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Which of the following caused conflict among some members of the Republican party? Options: African Americans who were voting Democrat, use of poll taxes to determine eligibility to vote, raising taxes to pay for Reconstruction, extending the right to vote to African Americans

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extending the right to vote to African Americans

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How did the Republicans and Radical Republicans differ over the issue of Reconstruction?

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Radical Republicans wanted to see the South punished, while Republicans supported Lincoln's plan.