STAAR Questions: Reconstruction.

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Which era in U.S. history is the focus of the article divided into topics for a history website?

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The Reconstruction era.

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What is the historical significance of this act below?

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It was the first time Congress passed a law that protected racial minorities.

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The election of Hiram Rhodes Revels in 1870 was significant because he was the first African American to?

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serve as a member of the U.S. Senate.

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After the Civil War, southern states adopted Black Codes to?

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limit the impact of the Thirteenth Amendment.

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What was one long-term consequence of the sharecropping system?

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Many former slaves became trapped in a cycle of debt.

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This list below describes conditions found in —

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southern states at the beginning of Reconstruction.

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Southern states passed the codes described in this excerpt below in order to —

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limit the effects of the Reconstruction Amendments.

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What was one effect of the Dawes Act?

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harmed the communal structure of American Indian society.

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What prompted Congress to propose the Fourteenth Amendment?

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The Black Codes enacted by southern states after the Civil War.

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What was a result of the Fifteenth Amendment?

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African American men voted in the 1872 presidential election.