Question 1

Reconstruction witnessed profound changes in the lives of southerners,black and white,rich and poor.Explain the various ways that the lives of these groups changed.Were the changes for the better or worse?

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Question 2

What did freedom mean for the ex-slaves? Be sure to address economic opportunities,gender roles,religious independence,and family security.

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Question 3

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Ku Klux Klan

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Question 4

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Black Codes

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Question 5

In Mississippi in 1875,white rifle clubs drilled in public and openly assaulted and murdered Republicans.

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This is historically accurate. White rifle clubs were formed in Mississippi after the Civil War and were known for their violence towards Republicans, many of whom were African American. The clubs would openly parade and drill in public, and were responsible for numerous assaults and murders. This period of violent intimidation and suppression of Republican voters in the South is known as the "Redeemers Era."

Question 6

As part of the Bargain of 1877,President Grant appointed a southerner to his cabinet.

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Question 7

Why did Radical Republicans believe that Andrew Johnson would support their agenda? Why was Johnson ultimately unable to lend his support to the Civil Rights Act of 1866 or to the Fourteenth Amendment?

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Question 8

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-feminists

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Question 9

The 1873 depression strengthened the North's resolve to ensure the success of Reconstruction,since the depression really hurt the South's farmers,highlighting the need for reform in the region.

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Question 10

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Liberal Republicans

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Question 11

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Redeemers

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Question 12

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Andrew Johnson

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Question 13

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Radical Republicans

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Radical Republicans were indeed members of the Republican Party who strongly opposed slavery and the Southern slave owners, advocating for the use of wartime legislation to abolish slavery.

Question 14

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Fifteenth Amendment

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Question 15

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-black officeholders

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Question 16

For whites,freedom,no matter how defined,was a given,a birthright to be defended.For African-Americans,it was an open-ended process,a transformation of every aspect of their lives and of the society and culture that had sustained slavery in the first place.Defend this statement.

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Question 17

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Freedmen's Bureau

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Question 18

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Fourteenth Amendment

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Question 19

Explain how wartime devastation set in motion a train of events that permanently altered the white yeomanry's independent way of life,leading to what they considered a loss of freedom.

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Question 20

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-sharecropping

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Quiz 15: “What Is Freedom?”: Reconstruction,1865-1877

Reconstruction witnessed profound changes in the lives of southerners,black and white,rich and poor.Explain the various ways that the lives of these groups changed.Were the changes for the better or worse?

What did freedom mean for the ex-slaves? Be sure to address economic opportunities,gender roles,religious independence,and family security.

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Ku Klux Klan

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Black Codes

In Mississippi in 1875,white rifle clubs drilled in public and openly assaulted and murdered Republicans.

As part of the Bargain of 1877,President Grant appointed a southerner to his cabinet.

Why did Radical Republicans believe that Andrew Johnson would support their agenda? Why was Johnson ultimately unable to lend his support to the Civil Rights Act of 1866 or to the Fourteenth Amendment?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -feminists

The 1873 depression strengthened the North's resolve to ensure the success of Reconstruction,since the depression really hurt the South's farmers,highlighting the need for reform in the region.

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Liberal Republicans

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Redeemers

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Andrew Johnson

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Radical Republicans

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Fifteenth Amendment

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -black officeholders

For whites,freedom,no matter how defined,was a given,a birthright to be defended.For African-Americans,it was an open-ended process,a transformation of every aspect of their lives and of the society and culture that had sustained slavery in the first place.Defend this statement.

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Freedmen's Bureau

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Fourteenth Amendment

Explain how wartime devastation set in motion a train of events that permanently altered the white yeomanry's independent way of life,leading to what they considered a loss of freedom.

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -sharecropping