Reconstruction

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Which group most directly affected by Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation? Options: slaves in border states that remained loyal to the Union, slaves in all areas conquered by Union armies, slaves in confederate states, free blacks in the North

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slaves in confederate states

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What key concept is addressed by 13th Amendment?

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abolishing slavery

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What did Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction require?

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10% of the voters in each Southern state to swear an oath of loyalty to the US.

Front

Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?

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John Wilkes Booth

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Who became president after the assassination of Lincoln?

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Andrew Johnson

Front

What action was taken against Andrew Johnson in 1868?

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impeachment

Front

What right was granted by the 15th amendment?

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right to vote regardless of race

Front

What were former slaves commonly called after the civil war?

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freedmen

Front

What term was applied to white southerners who sided with Radical Reconstruction?

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scalawags

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Whose election to the presidency in 1876 ended the Reconstruction?

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Rutherford B. Hayes