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Which best describes the goal of the Freedmen’s Bureau?

A
to relocate all formerly enslaved people to urban areas in the North
B
to stop scalawags from taking advantage of African Americans
C
to give land formerly owned by whites to African American farmers
D
to help formerly enslaved people adjust to freedom in the South
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What type of voting requirement attempted to keep African American men from voting by targeting their economic status?

A
a grandfather clause
B
a literacy test
C
a poll tax
D
a registration form
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During Reconstruction in the United States, the Freedmen’s Bureau

A
helped African Americans relocate from the South to the North.
B
administered poll taxes and literacy tests during elections.
C
negotiated labor contracts between laborers and employers.
D
segregated white and African American students in schools.
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What was the main purpose behind segregation laws?

A
to protect African Americans from white supremacist groups
B
to prevent contact that would suggest racial equality
C
to provide facilities that were customized to each racial group
D
to enable African Americans to develop their own institutions
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The Ku Klux Klan formed as a

A
political party.
B
social club.
C
terrorist group.
D
labor union.
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After Reconstruction ended and the military was removed from the South, Jim Crow laws established

A
a series of voting regulations.
B
a new economic system in the South.
C
a new method of picking electors.
D
a formal system of segregation.
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How did Congress react to the Black Codes of the 1860s?

A
Congress passed new laws that restricted the rights of African Americans.
B
Congress asked President Johnson to take control of Reconstruction.
C
Congress took control of Reconstruction from President Johnson.
D
Congress supported President Lincoln’s plan for states’ readmittance.
8

As a result of economic problems that occurred in 1874,

A
Northerners wanted to create new jobs through Reconstruction policies.
B
Northerners wanted to increase spending on Reconstruction programs.
C
Republicans in Congress began to speak out against Reconstruction.
D
Republicans lost control of the House of Representatives to Democrats.
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What was one provision of the Reconstruction Act of 1867?

A
The act sent hundreds of Klan members to jail
B
The act established military control in the South.
C
The act granted citizenship to African Americans.
D
The act gave African American men the vote.
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President Abraham Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction

A
punished Confederates who owned large farms.
B
issued harsh penalties for Confederate military officers.
C
required all states to abolish the practice of slavery.
D
required states to repay their war debts quickly.
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What effect did sharecropping have on Southern society?

A
Sharecropping allowed newly free African Americans to contribute to society.
B
Sharecropping changed how White landowners viewed African Americans.
C
Sharecropping helped to perpetuate white supremacy.
D
Sharecropping provided all people with more opportunities for education.
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How did the life of sharecroppers affect their children?

A
Children went to school because the farms were small, with little work.
B
Children had to help work on the farm, so they rarely went to school.
C
Children made extra money from working on the farm.
D
Children left home when they became adults because the land wasn’t theirs.
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The main goal of Jim Crow laws was to

A
protect and secure rights for African Americans.
B
limit the freedoms and rights of African Americans.
C
stimulate the Southern economy by protecting business.
D
prevent the Southern economy from becoming too big.
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In the debate over the Thirteenth Amendment, Democrats in Congress

A
sought to end the institution of slavery for good.
B
tried to stop racism against African Americans.
C
pushed for the reinstatement of states’ rights.
D
called for a ban on involuntary servitude.
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Why did the Ku Klux Klan target scalawags with violence?

A
Scalawags were Northerners who came to the South.
B
Scalawags were wealthy, former enslavers.
C
Scalawags had opposed secession and the Civil War.
D
Scalawags were powerful members of the White League.
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In the Plessy v. Ferguson case, the Supreme Court ruled that

A
segregation was illegal and Jim Crow laws were unconstitutional.
B
segregation was legal as long as facilities were separate but equal.
C
segregation had been outlawed by the Fourteenth Amendment.
D
segregation had been established by the Thirteenth Amendment.
17

The election between Rutherford Hayes and Samuel Tilden was in dispute in four states, including

A
Ohio.
B
New York.
C
Georgia.
D
Louisiana.
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Read the quotation by Annie Hill below.She said the Ku Klux [Klan] used to come in by droves. She said the Ku Klux were all dressed in white—white caps and white hoods over their faces, and long white dresses. They come mostly at night . . . . Sometimes they would take people out and beat them and do ‘round with them.The quotation indicates that Ku Klux Klan raids

A
terrorized and intimidated people.
B
were basically harmless.
C
happened during the day.
D
were led by single individuals.
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Which law banned slavery anywhere in the United States or its jurisdiction?

A
the Civil Rights Act of 1866
B
the Reconstruction Act of 1867
C
the Thirteenth Amendment
D
the Fourteenth Amendment
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Fading support for Reconstruction was caused in part by

A
Ulysses S. Grant’s election to a second term in office.
B
a Democratic candidate becoming president in 1868.
C
accusations of bribery against the Grant administration.
D
Republican attacks on African American voting rights.

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