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Name: ____________________________________
Select the letter of the term, name, or phrase that best matches each description. Note: Some letters may not be used at all. Some
may be used more than once.
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D.
black codes
Andrew Johnson
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Fourteenth Amendment
Radical Republicans
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Freedmen's Bureau
Reconstruction
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supported policies that were based on Lincoln's goal of quickly accepting the Confederate states
back into the Union
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said that all people born in the United States (except Native Americans on tribal lands) were
citizens and had equal rights and protections under the law
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attempted to keep whites in control of the South by limiting the freedom of former slaves
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the process the federal government used to readmit the Confederate states into the Union
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favored using the federal government's power to create a new society in the South based on full
citizenship for former slaves
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set up schools and hospitals for African Americans and provided clothes, food, and fuel throughout
the South
If the statement is true, write "true" on the line. If it is false, change the underlined word or words to make it true.
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The Freedmen's Bureau set up <freedmen's schools> across the South to educate
African Americans recently freed from slavery
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One form of agriculture that became common in the South was <subsistence
farming>, in which the landowner let the farmer work the land in return for a share of the
crop.
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A secret group that deprived former slaves of their rights and tried to restore white control in
the South were the <u>Southern Democrats</u>.
Choose the letter of the best answer.
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The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution was passed
to grant citizenship to African Americans.
to give African-American men the right to vote.
to end slavery in the United States.
for all of the above reasons.
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B.
C.
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How did the Panic of 1873 affect the United States?
Banks and businesses failed and many workers lost their jobs.
Democrats won victories in the 1874 congressional and state elections.
Many farmers were unable to get their crops to market and were ruined.
All of the above are true.
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B.
C.
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What resulted from the Compromise of 1877?
New banking laws ended the depression that began in 1873.
The Radical Republicans lost control of Congress.
Reconstruction ended in the southern states.
Congress passed the Fifteenth Amendment.
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B.
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What gave African Americans full citizenship?
Twelfth Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment
Compromise of 1877
Freedmen's Bureau
What did the Fifteenth Amendment do?
It gave African-American men the right to vote.
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C.
D.
It gave women the right to vote.
It ended Reconstruction.
All of the above are true.
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B.
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What happened after the Panic of 1873 caused economic problems?
Republicans strengthened Reconstruction.
Democrats wanted all Americans to have equal rights.
Northerners lost interest in the South and Reconstruction.
Southerners asked for more Reconstruction laws.
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B.
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Why did the House of Representatives impeach Andrew Johnson?
He violated the Tenure of Office Act when he fired his secretary of war.
He angered Congress by supporting the Civil Rights Act of 1866.
They thought that his Reconstruction policies gave African Americans too much freedom.
All of the above are true.
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B.
C.
D.
Who operated schools to educate former slaves?
suffragists
Democratic Party
plantation owners
Freedmen's Bureau
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B.
C.
D.
What did the Compromise of 1877 do?
It ended Reconstruction.
It gave African-American men the vote.
It gave 40 acres of land to all freedmen.
It allowed women to enter Congress.
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B.
C.
D.
What did the Radical Republicans do to protect African-American rights?
They passed a law granting African Americans full citizenship.
They proposed the Fourteenth Amendment
They proposed the Fifteenth Amendment.
All of the above are true.
A.
B.
C.
D.
What were the "black codes"?
Pro-civil rights laws for former slaves
Contracts that Southern states signed with Congress
Southern laws designed to limit the rights of African Americans
Exams given in freedmen's schools
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B.
C.
D.
Which president took action against the Ku Klux Klan?
Ulysses S. Grant
Andrew Johnson
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
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B.
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D.
What policy did Liberal Republicans favor?
cleaning up corruption in the Republican party
strengthening the black codes
cleaning up Civil War battle sites
building railroads in the South
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