United States History Student Edition

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IDENTIFY AND EXPLAIN 1. Identify each of the following terms as it relates to Reconstruction. A. Reconstruction F. poll tax B. black codes G. literacy test C. impeach H. segregation D. scalawag I. lynching E. sharecropping REVIEWING KEY FACTS 2. Describing How did the Freedmen’s Bureau help African Americans adjust to life after slavery? 3. Contrasting How did Lincoln’s approach to Reconstruction differ from the approach of the Radical Republicans? 4. Explaining How did Radical Republicans manage to take control of Southern state governments? 5. Summarizing Describe the rights granted to African Americans in the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments. 6. Describing What role did Edwin Stanton play in the impeachment of President Johnson? 7. Explaining Who were the carpetbaggers, and how did they receive their name? 8. Describing What gains did African Americans make in education during Reconstruction? 9. Explaining Why did members of the Ku Klux Klan disguise themselves in white sheets and hoods? 10. Identifying Explain how poll taxes and literacy tests were similar and different. 11. Explaining Why did supporters of the New South promote an agricultural model based on small farms? What problems did they face? 12. Comparing and Contrasting In what ways was the economy of the New South different from and similar to the economy of the South in the past?

CRITICAL THINKING 13. Inferring Why do you think President Johnson required states to outlaw slavery in his Reconstruction plan even though he opposed equal rights for African Americans? 14. Evaluating How successful was President Johnson at implementing his vision for Reconstruction? 15. Identifying Cause and Effect Why did Congress pass the Civil Rights Act of 1866? 16. Explaining In what ways did the 1868 Florida Constitution conform and not conform to the Reconstruction Acts passed by Congress? 17. Summarizing What were some methods used by white Southerners to prevent African Americans from voting? 18. Evaluating Evaluate the overall success or failure of Reconstruction at improving the lives of African Americans in the South. 19. Analyzing In what ways did the sharecropping system amount to little more than slavery for many farmers? 20. Identifying Cause and Effect How did the disputed 1876 election returns further reduce the power and influence of Republicans in the South?

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