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Reconstruction Exam
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8th Grade
05/29/2014

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Who was "Jim Crow"?
Definition
Jim Crow wasn't an actual person. He was a character from a song from the 1800s. A white singer would paint his face black and dance around as a performance. This character, because of how stereotypical it was, became the term used to describe laws against blacks.
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What were Jim Crow Laws?
Definition
Laws that restricted rights of blacks in many ways.
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What were Jim Crow Laws also known as?
Definition
Black Codes
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In what ways did the Black Codes restrict voting by blacks?
Definition
Voter tests, grandfather clauses, reading tests etc.
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What was the Compromise of 1877?
Definition
Rutherford B Hayes was elected President in exchange for ending Reconstruction by pulling out the troops from Southern states.
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Why did Andrew Johnson become President?
Definition
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
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Describe Andrew Johnson's views on slavery and Reconstruction.
Definition
He didn't believe blacks should not have the right to vote.
He vetoed Freedman's Bureau.
He allowed white governments to gain back power.
Term
Which amendment did the KKK hate most?
Definition
15th Amendment: right to vote
Term
Which amendment ended slavery?
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13th Amendment
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Which amendment gave blacks civil rights?
Definition
14th Amendment
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Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
Definition
19th Amendment
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What is suffrage?
Definition
the right to vote
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What is a Freedman?
Definition
A former slave, that is now free.
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What did the Freedman's Bureau do for freed blacks?
Definition
Health care, education, housing, food etc.
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What system of farming in the South replaced the plantation system during Reconstruction?
Definition
Sharecropping
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Why was Andrew Johnson impeached by Congress?
Definition
Congress was controlled by the Radical Republicans and they were in strong disagreement with Johnson on how to handle Reconstruction.
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What was the Civil Rights Act of 1866?
Definition
It gave blacks equal rights (prior to the 14th amendment).
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How did Reconstruction lead to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s?
Definition
Because Reconstruction failed, blacks didn't receive equal treatment for decades under the Black Codes and Plessy vs. Ferguson. This eventually lead to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
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Why was Plessy vs. Ferguson important?
Definition
It ruled that state laws that restricted blacks' rights (Black Codes, segregation laws) were OK.
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What was Abraham Lincoln's #1 goal with Reconstruction?
Definition
To restore the country as quickly as possible.
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What was the Freedman's Bureau most successful in doing?
Definition
Providing blacks with an education.
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What was a carpetbagger?
Definition
A northerner who went south after the Civil War and invested in the south to make a profit.
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What was a scalawag?
Definition
A southerner who supported the Freedman's Bureau, Radical Republicans, and rights for freed slaves.
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What did the Radical Republicans want?
Definition
Civil Rights and voting rights for all freed slaves, as well as punishing severely the former slave owners.
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