The Reconstruction Era Quiz! Trivia
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What was Reconstruction?
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Time of rebuilding the nation after the Civil War
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Time of creating buildings after the Civil War
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Time of building more railroads after the Civil War
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Time of building more factories after the Civil War
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Explore the pivotal period of American history with the Reconstruction Era Quiz! Delve into amendments, segregation, and sharecropping.
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What was the 13th Amendment?
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Gave woman the right to vote
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Gave black men the right to vote
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Ended slavery
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Gave black men citizenship
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A. Ended slaveryExplanation
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What was the 14th Amendment?
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Gave women the right to vote
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Gave black men the right to vote
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Ended slavery
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Gave black men citizenship
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A. Gave black men citizenshipExplanation
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What was the 15th Amendment?
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Gave women the right to vote
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Gave black men the right to vote
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Ended slavery
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Gave black men citizenship
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A. Gave black men the right to voteExplanation
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What is segregation?
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Separation of men
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Separation of the races
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Separation of children
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Separation of women
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A. Separation of the racesExplanation
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What were black codes?
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Laws to control blacks
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Laws to control women
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Laws to control men
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Laws to control children
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A. Laws to control blacksExplanation
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Sharecropping and Tenant Farming were very similar to?
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Indentured servanthood
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Slavery
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Colonialism
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Industrialization
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A. SlaveryExplanation
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The Freedmen's Bureau provided all the following services to former slaves and poor whites except:
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Schools
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Job and job training
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Food
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Guns
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A. GunsExplanation
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Which of the ideas below did the Radical Republicans believe in?
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More freedoms for African Americans
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Leniency for former Confederate soldiers
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Slowing down Reconstruction
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Preventing African Americans from holding office
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A. More freedoms for African AmericansExplanation
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Which person was one of the first African Americans elected to the U.S. Senate?
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Tunis Campbell
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Austin Dabney
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Henry McNeal Turner
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Andrew Johnson
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A. Tunis CampbellExplanation
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Why did the Supreme Court allow Southern states to practice segregation?
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They decided it was an issue of states' rights
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They allowed it if accommodations were "separate but equal"
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The justices said black codes were illegal and banned them
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They believed it would decrease violence
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A. They allowed it if accommodations were "separate but equal"Explanation
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