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One result of the Radical Reconstruction plan was
The division of the South into military districts
Equal economic opportunity nationwide
A complete end to racism
The full pardon of Confederate leaders
The Freedmen’s Bureau was created to
Assist formerly enslaved people with education and housing
Prevent African Americans from voting
Deport Confederate leaders
Enforce new tax laws
What was the purpose of Black Codes?
To limit the rights of newly freed African Americans
To regulate trade with the North
To provide new schools for freedmen
To establish voting requirements for women
Sharecropping developed in the South after the Civil War as a
System that kept African Americans in economic dependence
Government-run farming program
Way to redistribute land to freedmen
Method to increase industrial jobs
President Andrew Johnson was impeached because
He declared war on Congress
He banned southern states from voting
He clashed with Radical Republicans over Reconstruction
He signed the Emancipation Proclamation
The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 required Southern states to
Ratify the 14th Amendment and protect voting rights
End tariffs with the North
Eliminate federal laws
Divide their land among freedmen
During Reconstruction, Carpetbaggers were
Northerners who moved South
Freedmen elected to office
Confederate soldiers who fled to Mexico
Union generals in the South
During Reconstruction, Scalawags were
Northern Republicans who opposed Lincoln
Southern Democrats who supported the Confederacy
White Southerners who supported Reconstruction
Former enslaved people who owned land
One success of Reconstruction was
The passage of constitutional amendments
The reduction of immigration
The return of slavery in the border states
The immediate end to racial violence
A major failure of Reconstruction was
The end of industrial growth
The inability to protect African American rights long-term
The economic collapse of the North
The abolishment of Congress
Jim Crow laws were designed to
Encourage Black land ownership
Increase access to higher education
Enforce racial segregation in the South
Guarantee African Americans voting rights
The Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Abolished poll taxes
Protected voting rights in the North
Upheld the constitutionality of “separate but equal”
Outlawed the Ku Klux Klan
Poll taxes and literacy tests were used to
Promote education for freedmen
Restrict African American voting rights
Increase political participation
Fund public school systems
The Ku Klux Klan used violence to
Promote women’s suffrage
Intimidate African Americans and prevent voting
Help freedmen start businesses
Defend civil rights in the North
The Compromise of 1877 resulted in
A split of the Republican Party
The end of Reconstruction
The expansion of the Freedmen’s Bureau
A new voting amendment
The long-term impact of Reconstruction was
A permanent Republican majority in Congress
Equal rights achieved by 1880
The South remained isolated from the Union
Constitutional changes that laid groundwork for future
