Reconstruction Era and Its Aftermath

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What was the primary goal of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution?

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To end slavery and protect the rights of freedmen

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What marked the end of Reconstruction in 1877? Options: The signing of the Treaty of Paris, The election of President Ulysses S. Grant, The removal of federal troops from the South, The Louisiana Purchase

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The removal of federal troops from the South

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What were Jim Crow laws primarily designed to do?

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Institutionalize racial discrimination

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How did many Southern states disenfranchise African Americans despite the Fifteenth Amendment?

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Through the use of poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses

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What was the Supreme Court's ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson?

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It ruled that separate but equal facilities were constitutional.