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Which statement best describes the federal government’s response to racial violence in the South in the late 1800s?

A
The federal government kept the military in the South to stop racial violence until the expense became too great.
B
The federal government never sent troops to maintain order in the South in the years after the Civil War.
C
The federal government made the protection of African Americans in the South a top priority and maintained a military presence.
D
The federal government had no response because it had pulled troops out of the South in 1877, leaving African Americans unprotected.
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What was one reason Congress gave for wanting to remove President Johnson from office?

A
Johnson was violating the Civil Rights Act of 1866.
B
Johnson was abusing his presidential powers.
C
Johnson had failed to provide his own Reconstruction plan.
D
Johnson had created new Cabinet positions without approval.
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With the exception of white Southern Republicans, how did white Southern society react to Reconstruction?

A
They were opposed to it, often violently.
B
The embraced it cautiously.
C
They worked with African Americans to reverse it.
D
They appreciated the federal oversight.
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Who surrendered on behalf of the South at the end of the Civil War?

A
Andrew Johnson
B
Jefferson Davis
C
Robert E. Lee
D
Ulysses S. Grant
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Southern states resisted the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment by

A
drafting and passing the Voting Rights Act.
B
denying all female citizens the right to vote.
C
appointing new officials to monitor elections.
D
establishing poll taxes and literacy tests.
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In response to Reconstruction, people who believed the white race is superior to people of other races formed ___________ groups.

A
farming
B
white supremacy
C
abolitionist
D
Union troop
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In order to determine the distance between two cities on a map, which map feature would a student have to use?

A
longitude
B
legend
C
compass
D
scale
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Which was an advantage for the South at the start of the Civil War?

A
It had a smaller population than the North.
B
It had cotton it could sell to Europe.
C
It had a better transportation system than the North.
D
It had an economy based on industry.
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How did the end of the Civil War help the Union Pacific Railroad?

A
It supplied the railroad with labor in the form of free African Americans.
B
It freed the government to give more money to the Union Pacific line.
C
It ended the labor shortage, as war veterans went to work on the railroad.
D
It encouraged more people to travel the railroad to settle in the West.
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Which law banned slavery anywhere in the United States or its jurisdiction?

A
the Civil Rights Act of 1866
B
the Reconstruction Act of 1867
C
the Thirteenth Amendment
D
the Fourteenth Amendment
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What guaranteed equal access to public facilities regardless of race?

A
the Thirteenth Amendment
B
the Fifteenth Amendment
C
the 1875 Civil Rights Act
D
the Jim Crow laws
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Which statement best describes the system of sharecropping?

A
Sharecropping offered formerly enslaved people an equal opportunity to participate in the Southern economy.
B
Sharecropping gave formerly enslaved people the upper hand in the agricultural South.
C
Sharecropping offered Northerners an opportunity to relocate to the South and start their own farms.
D
Sharecropping gave white landowners the upper hand and economic dominance in Southern society.
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Vagrancy laws in the 1860s applied to

A
the property that African Americans were allowed to rent or own.
B
people who moved from place to place without regular homes or work.
C
the role of the planter aristocracy in Southern state legislatures.
D
voter registration rights for newly freed African Americans in the South.
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How did the system of sharecropping affect landowners and laborers in the South?

A
The system did not provide landowners with enough profits because laborers often took sizable cuts.
B
The system typically drove laborers off the farms they had worked when they were enslaved and left landowners without workers.
C
The system often trapped laborers in a cycle of debt and dependence while allowing landowners to profit from laborers’ hard work.
D
The system left landowners with mounting piles of debt because laborers had little to no incentives to work the fields.
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Which was an advantage for the North at the start of the Civil War?

A
It was fighting a defensive battle.
B
It had cotton it could sell to Europe.
C
It had a longer coastline.
D
It had a larger population.
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President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in response to

A
the Union victory based on the Anaconda Plan.
B
the Confederate victory at the Battle of Antietam.
C
the Confederate victory at the First Battle of Bull Run.
D
the Union victory at the Battle of Antietam.
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To combat Reconstruction reforms, some Southerners organized

A
white supremacy groups.
B
the Freedmen’s Bureau.
C
a new Republican Party.
D
the civil rights movement.
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A similarity between the battles of Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg was that

A
the Union won both.
B
neither had a clear winner.
C
they were the bloodiest battles in US history.
D
the Confederacy won both.
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The Supreme Court ruling on the civil rights cases of 1883

A
led to the passage of legal protections for African Americans.
B
led to unfair contracts between tenant farmers and landowners.
C
opened the door for legal segregation and discrimination in the US.
D
gave African Americans a legal basis for suing private businesses.
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In the South during Reconstruction, the Civil Rights Act of 1875

A
was rarely enforced.
B
was strictly enforced.
C
was criticized by Republicans.
D
was upheld by the Supreme Court.

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