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Reconstruction

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    Review of SC ss standards 8-5.1 to 8-5.2
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  • The most immediate and important outcome of the Civil War was that:
    Slavery was ended in the US.
    Tensions between different areas of the nation ended.
    The South was able to become an industrial center.
    The South gained its independence.
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  • Which of the following statements is true about the economy of the south after the Civil War?
    The economy changed immediately to industry.
    The economy stayed the same, no change.
    The economy improved quickly.
    The economy was devastated.
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  • Why did Congress not like the Presidential plans for Reconstruction?
    The plans were too lenient (or easy) on the South.
    The plans were too strict on the South.
    The plans were created too quickly.
    The plans helped Freedmen, but not poor white farmers.
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  • What was the primary goal of the Freedmen's Bureau?
    Prevent African Americans from voting.
    Provide former slaves w/ food, shelter, work, and education.
    Establish a sharecropping system to employ former slaves.
    To enforce the Black Codes.
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  • What was the purpose of the 13th amendment?
    Abolished slavery.
    Gave African Americans the right to vote.
    Gave women the right to vote.
    Allowed former Confederate states back in the Union.
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  • What was the purpose of the 14th amendment?
    Abolished slavery.
    Gave citizenship to former slaves.
    Terminated the government of the Confederacy.
    Gave African Americans the right to vote.
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  • What was the purpose of the 15th Amendment?
    Gave African American men the right to vote.
    Established the income tax.
    Ended Reconstruction Era.
    Gave women the right to vote.
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  • Which of the following describes racial relations in the South during Reconstruction?
    Freed slaves began voting w/ help from former owners.
    Racial tensions improved after the war.
    Racial tensions increased as AA gained political power.
    AA preferred upper class whites vote on important issues.
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  • Why did many former slaves become sharecroppers?
    To avoid working in factories.
    There were few paying jobs available.
    Sharecroppers were treated better than paid workers.
    Crops like cotton were more valuable than cash.
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  • What group was formed in 1866 and used violence against former slaves?
    Neo-Nazis
    Ku Klux Klan
    Black Separatists
    Sons of the Confederacy
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