Reconstruction

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What did the 13th Amendment do?

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made slavery illegal

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The US government created what organization to help former slaves and poor whites?

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Freedman's Bureau

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Which of the following is true about sharecropping?

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Most sharecroppers remained in debt or in a cycle of poverty.

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As sharecroppers former slaves were given a place to live, seeds, and equipment in order to produce crops. The land owner received a ________ of all crops grown.

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Share

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What organization was designed to intimidate former slaves and anyone who supported former slaves?

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Ku Klux Klan

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What was established to help the freed slaves with food, schooling, clothing and medical care?

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Freedmen's Bureau

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This act established direct military rule over former Confederate states until new governments could be formed.

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Reconstruction Act

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Which group wanted freedmen to be granted full political equality? Options: Radical Republicans, Abolitionists, Unionists, Confederate States

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Radical Republicans

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Literacy tests, grandfather clauses, and segregation were examples of:

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resistance by Southerners to allow African Americans to get ahead.

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The effect of the 14th Amendment was that it:

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made African Americans citizens.