This president was impeached by Congress during Reconstruction because he did not support sending the military back into the South to protect and defend freed Blacks' rights.
Andrew Johnson
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Who was the Black civil rights advocate who is BEST known for his 'Atlanta Compromise' speech?
Booker T. Washington
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What Congressional program was created to assist freed slaves by providing them help to reunite families, find work, and provide educational opportunities after the Civil War.
Freedmen's Bureau
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What Constitutional amendment forbid the use of slavery?
13th Amendment
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Driven to find work, most freedmen took part in this economic activity during Reconstruction.
sharecropping
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What did grandfather clauses do?
A loophole exempted any citizen whose grandfather had been eligible to vote in 1867 from other voting requirements; protected poor whites' voting ability
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Identify ONE Indian leader that participated in the Battle of Little Bighorn.
Sitting Bull or Crazy Horse
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The near extinction of this animal destroyed the Plains Indian culture and was one factor that forced tribes onto reservations
bison (buffalo)
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Identify ONE way that white Southern Democrats were able to undermine the 15th Amendment?
poll taxes; literacy tests; fear/intimidation (by groups such as the KKK)
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Which president's Reconstruction plan was the MOST lenient as it called for only 10% of a Southern state's male population to declare their loyalty to the Union?
Abraham Lincoln's Plan
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How much land did an individual receive as part of the Hometead Act?
160 acres
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Identify the MAIN objective of W.E.B. Du Bois's response to treatment of Blacks.
He urged Black Americans to work for immediate recognition of equal political and civil rights.
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Identify ONE provision of the Compromise of 1877.
Rutherford B. Hayes (Repub.) was declared the presidential winner; remaining military would be taken out of Southern states; military reconstruction ends
