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- The great majority of Irish immigrants settled where in the United States?
- The Marshall Court strengthened the federal government at the expense of the states.
- Haiti was colonized by which European country
- Agreement that allowed Rutherford Hayes (Republican) to become president in exchanged for ending Reconstruction and removing federal soldiers from the southern military districts
- Which of the following was almost nonexistent in the South prior to Congressional Reconstruction?
- At the end of the Civil War, the number of slaves that emerged from bondage wasA) about 800,000.B) about 1 million.C) about 2.5 million.D) almost 4 million.E) almost 6 million.
- Economic system used in the South after slavery ended that involved former enslaved people renting land from plantation owners and paying rent with a portion of crops; often led to cycle of poverty adn debt
- Addition to the Constitution that guaranteed voting rights to men regardless of race
- An event that showed extreme tension between the Democratic president and Republican Congress when Congress charged the president with a crime after firing Cabinet members
- Andrew Johnson's plan to readmit the southern states to the US by promising loyalty and abolishing slavery; this plan was not used
- Radical Republican plan to readmit southern states to the US that required passage of 3 new amendments and military districts to monitor the south; this plan was used
- Agency set up to help former enslaved people adjust to freedom by providing food, clothing, shelter, jobs, and education
- the period from 1865-1877 after the Civil War when the southern states were readmitted to the country and the US was rebuilt
- Among other ideas, Booker T. WashingtonA. rejected the ideology of the "New South creed."B. favored industrial over classical education.C. called on the federal government to offer job training for blacks.D. proposed an exodus of blacks from the South to the West.E. argued that blacks spent too much time trying to impress the white middle class
- Addition to the Constitution that guaranteed rights of citizenship regardless of race
- To charge a government official with a crime, which could lead to being removed from office if found guilty
- The Wade-Davis BillA) essentially followed President Lincoln's Reconstruction plans.B) was criticized by Conservative Republicans for being too mild.C) sought to bring about the disenfranchisement of leading Confederates.D) denied reentry into the Union by former Confederate states for 10 years.E) quickly became the law of the land.
- Grandfather laws established thatA. African Americans could only vote if they could prove that they had been in the United States for at least two generations.B. only African Americans above age fifty could vote.C. certain levels of property holdings could exempt a potential voter from a literacy test.D. men could vote if they met certain property qualifications.E. men who could not meet the literacy and property qualifications could vote if their ancestors had voted before Reconstruction began.
- In 1867, congressional plans for ReconstructionA) were rejected by every former Confederate state.B) replaced federal military commanders in the South with civilian leaders.C) granted forty acres of land to every adult male former slave.D) required new state governments in the South to give voting rights to black males.E) required that state legislatures ratify the Thirteenth Amendment
- Addition to the Constitution that abolished slavery