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Question 1

The National Equal Rights League was founded by

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African Americans.

Question 2

Which best explains why there were no African Americans serving in the US House of Representatives by 1887?

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Southern whites had worked to repeal laws that allowed African Americans to hold office.

Question 3

During Reconstruction, the Freedmen's Bureau provided a number of services

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but lacked the authority to enforce civil rights laws.

Question 4

What is one service the Freedmen's Bureau provided for African Americans?

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The agency set up courts to settle land disputes.

Question 5

In the years after the Civil War, African Americans in the South

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often had larger voting populations than whites.

Question 6

The term scalawag was a nickname for

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Southerners who supported Reconstruction and African American equality.

Question 7

During Reconstruction in the South, African Americans

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served in state legislatures and the US Congress.

Question 8

One way the National Equal Rights League fought for equality was to

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lobby Congress.

Question 9

The term carpetbagger was a nickname for

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Northerners who came to the South and supported African American equality.

Question 10

The Freedmen's Bureau closed in 1872 because

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it lacked the needed funding and effective planning.

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