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- After the Civil War, the agricultural system in the South was called_________________
- designed to keep freed slaves in subjection and prevent them from exercising their political rights
- Andrew Johnson disagreed with many policies of the Radical Republicans, but he compromised on many of those polices in order to maintain a working relationship with Congress
- Because of the civil rights laws and amendments passed Reconstruction blacks were able to find political equality with whites by the end of the 1800s
- Leader of the Radical Republicans in the House
- What were southern whites who supported the Reconstruction called?
- Which Reconstruction plan said a state could rejoin if 10% of its population swore an oath of loyalty?
- What were Northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction to make a profit called?
- What was the name of paper money printed with green ink; had no hard money value?
- What group opposed Lincoln's plan for reconstruction and felt the south should be punished?
- What term describes separating the public based on race?
- What racist white terror group was created during the Reconstruction era in the south to terrorize black American families through violence and intimidation?
- Which plan for reconstruction focused on punishing Southern states for seceding?
- Put the following components of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments in order: 1. voting rights (suffrage) for African American men, 2. abolition of slavery, and 3. citizenship and equal protection?
- What was the agreement to end the military occupation of the South, effectively ending Reconstruction?
- What were given at the voting booth before a Freedman could vote, with the intention of keeping them from exercising their right to vote?
- What was the main challenge faced by the Freedmen's Bureau?
- Which of the following amendments recognized African American scitizenship and offered equal protection under the law?
- In which bill was a military governor established for each Southern state;government is re-established once a majority of adult white males take an oath of allegiance to the Union; and former Confederate leaders cannot vote; slavery is abolished?
- Under the Ten-Percent Plan, what was the main requirement for Southern states to be readmitted into the Union?