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Question 1

13th Amendment

Answer 1

Completely abolished slavery in America

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Question 2

14th Amendment

Answer 2

Protected citizenship rights for all Americans

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Question 3

15th Amendment

Answer 3

Guaranteed universal male suffrage

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Question 4

Black Codes

Answer 4

Restricted freedman rights

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Question 5

Share cropping

Answer 5

Aka Crop lien; system tied blacks to certain plot of land

Question 6

Who shot Lincoln at Fords Theatre?

Answer 6

John Wilkes Booth

Question 7

Who became the new president after Lincoln died?

Answer 7

Andrew Johnson “union democrat”

Question 8

How long did reconstruction last?

Answer 8

1865-1877

Question 9

Radical Republicans

Answer 9

Wanted to punish the south-thought Lincoln and Johnson were too soft

Question 10

Military Reconstruction Act

Answer 10

Divided south into 5 districts

Question 11

Carpetbaggers

Answer 11

Greedy northerners who moved to the south

Question 12

Scalawags

Answer 12

What southern republicans were referred to

Question 13

“redeemers”

Answer 13

Hoped to revitalize south through industry, focused on issues such as low taxes and white power, killed Republican Party

Question 14

Exodusters

Answer 14

Ben singleton led these freedmen into Kansas to become farmers because the west held “promised land”

Question 15

Compromise of 1877

Answer 15

Hayes became president in exchange for pulling troops out of the south

Question 16

Why was Johnson impeached?

Answer 16

He violated the Tenure of Office Act

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