During Reconstruction, the black church functioned as a vital setting for:
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Political Mobilization, Worship, Schooling.
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One of the main purposes of the Freedmen's Bureau was to:
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ensure a fair and viable system of labor relations between former slaves and former slaveholders.
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Which of the following series of events is listed in proper sequence?
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ratification of 13th Amendment; Tenure of Office Act; Impeachment of Johnson; election of Grant
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Which of the following was not a widespread activity among newly emancipated blacks?
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moving to the North in search of greater freedom and opportunity
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Who among the following was NOT a leader of the Radical Republicans?
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Andrew Johnson
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Which of the following was not a central thrust of the Reconstruction amendments to the Constitution?
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redistribution of the former slave owners' land among the freed slaves
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Which of the following was not a major effect of Reconstruction (at its height) upon southern society?
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It inspired a mass exodus of southern blacks to lands that had never known slavery.
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Which of the following was not a major cause of the decline of Reconstruction?
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a deepening of mutual respect between black and white southerners, making Reconstruction seem no longer necessary
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What was being reconstructed (constructed again) in Reconstruction?
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The nation
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In the five years following the end of the Civil War, former slaves were guaranteed the following in three Amendments to the United States Constitution:
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freedom from slavery; recognition as citizens;the vote for adult black men
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The phrase, "forty acres and a mule," derived from:
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Sherman's Field Order 15
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Which were central elements in the lives of post-emancipation blacks in the twenty years following the end of the Civil War?
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the family, the church, the school
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In the aftermath of the Civil War, the black church was a powerful influence in the South; what two denominations commanded the largest African-American following?
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Baptist and Methodist
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As meant in the section on the free labor system, define "free labor":
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non-slave labor in a market economy
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Which was not a principal task of the Freedmen's Bureau (1865-1870)?
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support black churches and businesses
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In the summer of 1865, President Andrew Johnson ordered nearly all land in federal hands:
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returned to its former owners
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Sharecropping:
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allowed a black family to rent part of a plantation, with the crop divided between worker and owner at the end of the year.
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Following the Civil War, white and black farmers in the South:
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saw the price of cotton fall steadily
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Upon Lincoln's assassination, ____________ became president.
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Andrew Johnson
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In President Andrew Johnson's view, African-Americans ought to play what part in Reconstruction?
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NONE
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The Black Codes were:
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laws that sought to regulate the lives of former slaves.
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Black Americans who refused to sign labor contracts to work for whites during
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were often convicted of vagrancy and fined; sometimes they were then auctioned off to work for
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Reconstruction:
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the person who paid the fin.
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Radical Republicans in the Reconstruction Era shared the view that:
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the Union victory created a golden opportunity to institutionalize the principle of equal rights for all, regardless of race.
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The Reconstruction Act of March 1867:
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divided, the South into five military districts and called for creation of new state governments, with black men given the right to vote.
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The House of Representatives approved articles of impeachment against President Andrew Johnson for violation of what law?
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The Tenure of Office Act
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The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution:
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prohibited federal and state governments from denying any citizen the vote because of race.
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"The destruction of slavery led feminists to search for ways to make the promise of free labor real for women." Define "feminists" in this context:
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persons who held a view advocating social, political, and other rights for women equal to those of men
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The Enforcement Acts of 1870 and 1871:
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defined crimes that deprived citizens of their civil and political rights as federal offenses, and under these laws President Grant sent federal marshals to arrest hundreds of accused Klansmen.
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Which was not true of Liberal Republicans in the post-Civil War era?
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They believed the growth of federal power needed to be expanded.
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In consequence of the "Bargain of 1877" President Rutherford B. Hayes:
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ordered federal troops withdrawn from the South.
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In which of the following nations was the institution of slavery replaced by indentured servitude?
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British Guiana
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