Question 1

Poll taxes, literacy tests, and the grandfather clause were all created during the late 1800s to restrict the voting rights of

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African Americans

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White plantation owners

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Former Confederate leaders

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Poor Whites

Question 2

Define Freedmen's Bureau.

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a government agency to help former slaves.

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a government agency to help former Northern soldiers.

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a government agency to help Southern plantation owners rebuild.

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a government agency to help former Confederates.

Question 3

Who were the leaders of the Radical Republicans?

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Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner

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Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln

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Andrew Johnson and Charles Sumner

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Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson

Question 4

What were the goals of the Radical Republicans?

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Break the power of wealthy planters & ensure freedmen received the right to vote.

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Override Vetoes

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none of the above

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Veto the 10% Plan & the Wade-Davis Bill

Question 5

What did the Freedmen' Bureau do for African Americans and poor whites?

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all of the above

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provide food and clothing to former slaves.

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set up schools for former slaves.

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provide medical care for blacks and whites.

Question 6

The Fourteenth Amendment stated that

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all persons born in the United States were citizens.

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slavery was banned throughout the United States.

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the South should be divided into five military districts.

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all black men had the right to vote.

Question 7

Why were African Americans stuck in a cycle of poverty?

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they were stuck as sharcroppers working for plantation owners

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Johnson was racist

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Freedmen’s Bureau did not help them

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Lincoln’s Plan did not help African Americans

Question 8

Define Black Codes....

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laws that limited the rights of freedmen.

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rules followed by the KKK

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members in Congress who opposed Andrew Johnson.

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members in Congress who supported Andrew Johnson.

Question 9

What was Andrew Johnson doing in the political cartoon?

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Vetoing the Freedmen's Bureau.

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all of the above

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Making it easy for former southern leaders to get reelected.

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Signing the Freedmen's Bureau so it can become a law.

Question 10

What did the 15th Amendment do?

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forbid any state to deny any citizen the right to vote because of race or color

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made African Americans citizens

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none of the above

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abolish slavery

Question 11

Define amnesty.

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a government pardon.

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government plan.

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a key part of the Wade-Davis Bill

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southern hatred.

Question 12

Why were the obstacles in the political cartoon put in place for African Americans?

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to prevent African Americans from voting.

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to prevent poor whites from voting.

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to prevent plantation owners from voting.

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to prevent southern leaders from voting.

Question 13

Which Supreme Court case ruled that segregation was legal so long as the facilities were equal?

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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none of the above

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Dred Scott Decision

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Brown v. Board of Education

Question 14

What did the 13th Amendment do?

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Abolish slavery.

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Gave African Americans the right to vote.

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Gave women the right to vote.

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Gave citizenship to African Americans.

Question 15

Who did amnesty not apply to under Lincoln’s 10% plan?

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Former leaders of the Confederacy

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Northern leaders

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Southern soldiers

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African Americans

Question 16

Define segregation

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legal separation of the races.

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legal separation of old people and young people.

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legal separation of genders.

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integration of a diverse society.

Question 17

Why did Reconstruction end?

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Radical Republicans began to lose power, Hayes privately agreed to end Reconstruction

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All of the above

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Johnson was impeached

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African Americans were forced into slavery

Question 18

Define Reconstruction.

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Rebuilding of the south after the Civil War.

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Rebuilding of the north after the Civil War.

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Rebuilding of the east after the Civil War.

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Rebuilding of the west after the Civil War.

Question 19

What problems did the south face after the Civil War?

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Cities needed to be rebuilt, freedmen had no land, jobs, or education.

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they were kept out of the union and European countries declared war on them.

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Lincoln was to harsh to the South and Jefferson Davis was elected President

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Lincoln wanted to punish the south and they was a growing number of slave revolts in the north.

Question 20

Define Freedmen.

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men and women who had been slaves.

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none of the above

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people who were free from paying the poll tax.

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whites who had been indentured servants.

Question 21

When Andrew Johnson vetoed the Freedmen’s bureau what did Congress do?

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override the veto

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Start a war

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Cry

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protest

Question 22

Define Literacy test.

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required voters to read and explain a section of the Constitution.

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If a voter’s father or grandfather had been eligible to vote on Jan. 1, 1867, the voter did not have to take a literacy test.

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required voters to pay a fee each time they voted.

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Legal separation of the races. Becomes the law of the South.

Question 23

What advantage did the South have over the North in 1860?

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More farm acreage

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Higher Population

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More money

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More Railway Mileage

Question 24

Define Poll taxes.

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required voters to pay a fee each time they voted.

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Legal separation of the races. Becomes the law of the South.

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required voters to read and explain a section of the Constitution.

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If a voter’s father or grandfather had been eligible to vote on Jan. 1, 1867, the voter did not have to take a literacy test.

Question 25

Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?

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Firing military leaders for not following Reconstruction plans without getting permission from Congress.

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Vetoing the Freedmen's Buerau

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Vetoing the Wade-Davis Bill

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Disagreeing with the Radical Republicans.

Question 26

Why did Andrew Johnson become President?

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Lincoln was assassinated.

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Lincoln was arrested.

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Lincoln's term as President was over.

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Lincoln was to easy on the South.

Question 27

Define Grandfather clause.

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If a voter’s father or grandfather had been eligible to vote on Jan. 1, 1867, the voter did not have to take a literacy test.

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required voters to read and explain a section of the Constitution.

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required voters to pay a fee each time they voted.

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Legal separation of the races. Becomes the law of the South

Question 28

What was the goal of the Ku Klux Klan when they were formed during Reconstruction?

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to prevent formerly enslaved persons from excercising their rights.

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to support the Wade-Davis Bill.

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support a southern uprising.

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to encourage immigration from southern and eastern Europe.

Question 29

Why did southern states pass the grandfather clause?

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so that poor whites would not have to take a literacy test.

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to rebuild the south.

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to keep freedmen from voting

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to improve the economy

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