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During Reconstruction, which organization built schools and trained teachers?

A
the Scalawags
B
the Freedmen’s Bureau
C
the Carpetbaggers
D
the Southern Democratic Party
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Which event brought about the Panic of 1873?

A
the end of the Civil War
B
the start of Reconstruction
C
several banks ran out of money
D
several major stocks crashed
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The Civil Rights Act of 1866 was significant because it

A
placed the South under military rule and created districts.
B
granted all African American men the right to vote.
C
prohibited states from denying the right to vote due to race.
D
was the first in a series of laws that protected African Americans.
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What nationwide event weakened support for the federal government in the mid-1870s?

A
the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1866
B
an attack on African Americans in Memphis
C
the passage of the Reconstruction Act
D
an economic panic and depression
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Who was Ulysses S. Grant?

A
the Union general who was credited with winning the Civil War and who was elected president in 1868
B
the Confederate general who surrendered at the end of the Civil War and who was elected president in 1868
C
a member of the US Senate and the first African American politician to serve in Congress
D
a Democratic governor of New York and an unsuccessful presidential candidate in 1876
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How did the Compromise of 1877 mark the beginning of the end of Reconstruction?

A
It removed federal troops from the South.
B
It placed a Democrat in the White House.
C
It ensured that Democrats would join the cabinet.
D
It created a split within the Republican Party.
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What led to resentment and violence among many white Southerners after the Civil War?

A
the rewriting of state constitutions
B
the attempts to end the Ku Klux Klan
C
the policies of the Democratic Party
D
the policies of the Republican Party
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Who was Hiram Revels?

A
a leader of the Ku Klux Klan
B
a Democratic presidential candidate
C
the first African American in Congress
D
a wealthy Mississippi landowner
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Fading support for Reconstruction was preceded by

A
the Liberal Republicans joining the Republican Party.
B
a Democratic candidate assuming the presidency in 1868.
C
members of Grant’s administration being accused of bribery.
D
violence breaking out against African Americans in Memphis.
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Who was Blanche Bruce?

A
a leader and founding member of the Ku Klux Klan
B
a presidential candidate from the Republican Party
C
the first African American politician to serve in Congress
D
the founder of the first school for African American children

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