Presidential And Radical Reconstruction

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Which statement best describes Southern military districts during Reconstruction?
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The South was divided into five different military districts.
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Which statement best describes the Fourteenth Amendment?
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It prevented states from denying citizens equal protection under the law.
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Radical Republicans in Congress wanted to provide more rights for formerly enslaved people, so they
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overturned several of President Johnson's vetoes.
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President Johnson announced that the Union was restored in
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December 1865.
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Radical Republicans in Congress opposed President Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction because they thought it was too
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moderate
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Under President Johnson's plan for Reconstruction, how could states be readmitted to the Union?
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State conventions had to establish new governments.
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Congress passed the Tenure of Office Act in 1867 to
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restrict President Johnson's powers.
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What did the Reconstruction Act of 1867 accomplish?
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The act divided the South into five military districts.
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Southern states resisted the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment by
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establishing poll taxes and literacy tests.
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Which law established martial law in the South after the Civil War?
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the Reconstruction Act of 1867