Reconstruction Era Flashcard

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What was the 13th Amendment?

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Formally ended slavery

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What was the 14th Amendment?

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Gave citizenship and equal protection

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What was the 15th Amendment?

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Protected voting rights regardless of race, color, or previous servitude

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Which president took over after Lincoln's assassination?

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Andrew Johnson

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The goal of the Presidential Reconstruction was to rebuild the South as quickly as possible and integrate it back in with the North.

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True

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The Tenure of Office Act restricted the president's ability to remove certain government officials without the Senate's approval.

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True

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Sharecropping was a system where landowners provided tools, land, and housing to farmers (often former slaves or poor white people) and in return, the farmers gave a portion of their crops to the owners of the land for rent. True or False?

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True