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    What was Reconstruction?

    • Time of rebuilding the nation after the Civil War
    • Time of creating buildings after the Civil War
    • Time of building more railroads after the Civil War
    • 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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  • 2. 

    What is segregation?

    • Separation of men

    • Separation of the races

    • Separation of children

    • Separation of women

    Correct Answer
    A. Separation of the races
    Explanation
    Coach pg 99

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  • 3. 

    What were black codes?

    • Laws to control blacks

    • Laws to control women

    • Laws to control men

    • Laws to control children

    Correct Answer
    A. Laws to control blacks
    Explanation
    Coach pg 99

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  • 4. 

    What was the 13th Amendment?

    • Gave woman the right to vote

    • Gave black men the right to vote

    • Ended slavery

    • Gave black men citizenship

    Correct Answer
    A. Ended slavery
    Explanation
    Coach pg 98

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  • 5. 

    What was the 15th Amendment?

    • Gave women the right to vote

    • Gave black men the right to vote

    • Ended slavery

    • Gave black men citizenship

    Correct Answer
    A. Gave black men the right to vote
    Explanation
    Coach pg 99

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  • 6. 

    What was the 14th Amendment?

    • Gave women the right to vote

    • Gave black men the right to vote

    • Ended slavery

    • Gave black men citizenship

    Correct Answer
    A. Gave black men citizenship
    Explanation
    Coach pg 98

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  • 7. 

    The Freedmen's Bureau provided all the following services to former slaves and poor whites except:

    • Schools

    • Job and job training

    • Food

    • Guns

    Correct Answer
    A. Guns
    Explanation
    Coach pg 98

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  • 8. 

    Which of the ideas below did the Radical Republicans believe in?

    • More freedoms for African Americans

    • Leniency for former Confederate soldiers

    • Slowing down Reconstruction

    • Preventing African Americans from holding office

    Correct Answer
    A. More freedoms for African Americans
    Explanation
    Coach pg 98

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  • 9. 

    Sharecropping and Tenant Farming were very similar to?

    • Indentured servanthood

    • Slavery

    • Colonialism

    • Industrialization

    Correct Answer
    A. Slavery
    Explanation
    Coach 99

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  • 10. 

    Why did the Supreme Court allow Southern states to practice segregation?

    • They decided it was an issue of states' rights

    • They allowed it if accommodations were "separate but equal"

    • The justices said black codes were illegal and banned them

    • They believed it would decrease violence

    Correct Answer
    A. They allowed it if accommodations were "separate but equal"
    Explanation
    Coach page 99

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  • 11. 

    Which person was one of the first African Americans elected to the U.S. Senate?

    • Tunis Campbell

    • Austin Dabney

    • Henry McNeal Turner

    • Andrew Johnson

    Correct Answer
    A. Tunis Campbell
    Explanation
    Coach pg 99

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