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18 Cards in this Set
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What was the Reconstruction?
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The rebuilding of the former Confederate states & reuniting of the nation.
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What encouraged the southerners to abandon the Confederacy?
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Amnesty.
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Who did John WIlkes Booth assassinate?
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President Abraham Lincoln.
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Who was Vice President in 1865, when Abraham Lincoln was President?
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Andrew Johnson.
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What did the Thirteenth Amendment do?
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Abolish slavery.
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What were Black Codes?
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Laws preventing African Americans form achieving social, political, & economic equality with southern whites.
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Who demanded "the immediate, unconditional, and universal 'enfranchisement of the black man, in every State in the Union"?
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Frederick Douglass.
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Was the Freedman's Bureau good or bad for African Americans?
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Good; It provided education for African Americans.
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What was the first civil rights law in U.S. history?
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The Civil Rights Act of 1866.
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Which Amendment prevented states from taking away the rights and liberties of citizens?
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The Fourteenth Amendment.
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What did the Reconstruction Acts do?
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Divided the former Confederacy into five military districts with Union army troops stationed in each to enforce order.
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When was General Ulysses S. Grant elected?
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1868.
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What was the purpose of the Fifteenth Amendment?
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To protect the rights of the citizens of the United States and prevent the denial or abridgment by the U.S. or any state because of race, color, or previous conditions of servitude or otherwise.
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What's the difference between a "carpetbagger" and a "scalawag"?
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A carpetbagger is from the north, and moves from place to place with all their possessions.
A scalawag is from the south, and supports Reconstruction. |
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What was the name of the group that was extremely violent and intended "to kill the radicals"?
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The Ku Klux Klan.
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What was designed to stop the violence against African Americans?
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The Enforcement Acts.
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What was the Panic of 1873?
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A severe economic depression that hit the nation and threatened many to lose their jobs.
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What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1875?
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It served to prohibit public services and businesses from discriminating against African Americans.
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