SOL Civil War & Reconstruction Era 2

Question 1

What was the main purpose of the Black Codes passed by Southern states immediately after the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

To restrict the rights and freedoms of newly freed African Americans

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To provide formerly enslaved people with land and education funding

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To establish courts to try former Confederate soldiers for treason

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To create a framework for electing Black representatives to Congress

Question 2

Which Reconstruction Amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States, including formerly enslaved people?

Accepted Answer

14th Amendment

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13th Amendment

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15th Amendment

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16th Amendment

Question 3

What was the Freedmen's Bureau, established by Congress in 1865?

Accepted Answer

A federal agency providing food, shelter, education, and legal assistance to freed slaves and poor whites in the South

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An agency that helped former Confederate soldiers reintegrate into society

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An organization created solely to enforce voting rights for African Americans

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A bureau that redistributed confiscated Confederate land equally to Union veterans

Question 4

What was the result of the Compromise of 1877 that effectively ended the Reconstruction era?

Accepted Answer

Federal troops were withdrawn from the South, ending federal enforcement of Reconstruction policies

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Southern states voluntarily agreed to grant full voting rights to African Americans

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Congress passed permanent laws protecting Black citizens from racial violence

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The Republican Party pledged to pass sweeping new civil rights legislation

Question 5

What did the 15th Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1870, guarantee?

Accepted Answer

The right to vote could not be denied based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude

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The abolition of slavery throughout the United States

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Citizenship rights for all persons born or naturalized in the United States

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Congress's authority to pass and enforce civil rights legislation

Question 6

Who served as President of the Confederate States of America throughout the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Jefferson Davis

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Alexander Stephens

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John C. Calhoun

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Robert Toombs

Question 7

What was the system of sharecropping that emerged throughout the South after the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Tenant farmers, often African Americans, worked land owned by others and paid rent with a portion of their crops

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Formerly enslaved people received land grants in exchange for prior military or agricultural service

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The federal government divided former Confederate plantations equally among all freedmen

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Southern states created farm cooperatives where workers shared equipment and divided profits equally