Reconstruction to Jim Crow Practice Test

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The 12 year period after the Civil War where the south will need to be rebuilt and assistance is needed for former enslaved people was called.

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Reconstruction

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What Constitutional Amendment was added during Reconstruction that will abolish slavery in the U.S. (except as a form of punishment from a crime)?

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13th Amendment

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What Constitutional Amendment will be added during Reconstruction that will define US Citizenship and attempt to provide equal protection under the law?

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14th Amendment

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What Constitutional Amendment will be added during Reconstruction that will grant voting rights to African American men?

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15th Amendment

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These laws were passed in the south right after the Civil War that forced African Americans into work contracts that resembled slavery.

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Black Codes

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This economic system will replace slavery in the south and kept African Americans in poverty and in debt.

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Sharecropping

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This federal agency was created in 1865 to help former enslaved African Americans and poor whites in the south by establishing schools, hospitals, and providing direct relief (food/clothing) to those in need.

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The Freedmen Bureau

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This white terrorist group will form during Reconstruction and will try to drive African-Americans out of politics.

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Klu Klux Klan

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This person will replace Lincoln as President after Lincoln was assassinated in 1865 and will be impeached by Congress.

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Andrew Johnson

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The people in Congress that wanted to punish the south during Reconstruction and protect the rights of African Americans.

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Radical Republicans