Reconstruction in Georgia

Question 1

What were some of the responsibilities of the Freedmen’s Bureau? Check all that apply.

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establishing schools; setting up hospitals; protecting poor white farmers; assisting with contracts and wages

Question 2

Which sentence best describes the system of tenant farming in Georgia?

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It created a cycle of debt for tenant farmers that was difficult to break.

Question 3

How did education change in Georgia as a result of congressional Reconstruction?

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A public school system was established to educate all the children in the state.

Question 4

What is the main point of this passage?

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Reconstruction failed to protect African Americans from violence and poverty.

Question 5

Which evidence does the writer include to support the idea that Reconstruction was a failure? Check all that apply.

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the rise of segregation; the problems of sharecropping; the creation of the Ku Klux Klan; the undermining of African Americans’ suffrage

Question 6

Which of these were successes of Reconstruction? Check all that apply.The system of segregation was brought to an end.African Americans gained equal rights in society.The practice of slavery was abolished across the country.New schools were built for young African American children.The Freedmen’s Bureau helped workers with wages and contracts.

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The practice of slavery was abolished across the country.; New schools were built for young African American children.; The Freedmen’s Bureau helped workers with wages and contracts.

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