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| Jim Crow wasn't an actual person. He was a character from a song from the 1800s. A white singer would paint his face black and dance around as a performance. This character, because of how stereotypical it was, became the term used to describe laws against blacks. |
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| Laws that restricted rights of blacks in many ways. |
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| What were Jim Crow Laws also known as? |
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| In what ways did the Black Codes restrict voting by blacks? |
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| Voter tests, grandfather clauses, reading tests etc. |
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| What was the Compromise of 1877? |
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| Rutherford B Hayes was elected President in exchange for ending Reconstruction by pulling out the troops from Southern states. |
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| Why did Andrew Johnson become President? |
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| Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. |
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| Describe Andrew Johnson's views on slavery and Reconstruction. |
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He didn't believe blacks should not have the right to vote.
He vetoed Freedman's Bureau.
He allowed white governments to gain back power. |
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| Which amendment did the KKK hate most? |
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| 15th Amendment: right to vote |
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| Which amendment ended slavery? |
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| Which amendment gave blacks civil rights? |
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| Which amendment gave women the right to vote? |
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| A former slave, that is now free. |
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| What did the Freedman's Bureau do for freed blacks? |
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| Health care, education, housing, food etc. |
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| What system of farming in the South replaced the plantation system during Reconstruction? |
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| Why was Andrew Johnson impeached by Congress? |
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| Congress was controlled by the Radical Republicans and they were in strong disagreement with Johnson on how to handle Reconstruction. |
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| What was the Civil Rights Act of 1866? |
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| It gave blacks equal rights (prior to the 14th amendment). |
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| How did Reconstruction lead to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s? |
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| Because Reconstruction failed, blacks didn't receive equal treatment for decades under the Black Codes and Plessy vs. Ferguson. This eventually lead to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. |
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| Why was Plessy vs. Ferguson important? |
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| It ruled that state laws that restricted blacks' rights (Black Codes, segregation laws) were OK. |
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| What was Abraham Lincoln's #1 goal with Reconstruction? |
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| To restore the country as quickly as possible. |
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| What was the Freedman's Bureau most successful in doing? |
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| Providing blacks with an education. |
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| A northerner who went south after the Civil War and invested in the south to make a profit. |
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| A southerner who supported the Freedman's Bureau, Radical Republicans, and rights for freed slaves. |
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| What did the Radical Republicans want? |
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| Civil Rights and voting rights for all freed slaves, as well as punishing severely the former slave owners. |
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