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The Reconstruction Era of American history directly followed what war?
The Revolutionary War
The War of 1812
The Mexican-American War
The Civil War
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What range of years is the Reconstruction Era generally regarded to fall in?
1845-1862
1865-1877
1879-1890
1890-1910
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Some argue that the spirit of the Reconstruction Era began in the year 1863 because that was when which of the following governmental decrees was handed down?
The Wade-Davis Bill
The 13th Amendment
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Fifty Percent Plan
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Which Constitutional Amendment officially ended slavery in the United States?
The Thirteenth Amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment
The Fifteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment
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How many amendments were ratified in the Reconstruction Era, and were, therefore, titled Reconstruction Amendments?
One
Two
Three
Four
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Which of the following constitutional amendments granted citizenship to the freed slaves and equal protection to them under the American government?
The Thirteenth Amendment
The Twelfth Amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment
The Fifteenth Amendment
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Multiple groups of politicians emerged during the Reconstruction Era. Which group of politicians wanted to focus government efforts mostly on rebuilding the South from the war over securing rights for African Americans?
Separatists
Reforgers
Abolitionists
Reconciliationists
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Which group of politicians during the Reconstruction Era wanted the government to focus on providing rights and protection to African Americans rather than rebuild the South after the war?
The Notionists
The Iconists
The Reconciliationists
The Abolitionists
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Lincoln's plan for the southern states to rejoin the Union was for what percentage of the state's voting public to swear an oath of allegiance to the United States?
Ten
Twenty
Thirty
Forty
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Which political subset were those who wished to punish the South and make it difficult for them to rejoin the Union?
Radical Republicans
Moderate Republicans
Moderate Democrats
Radical Democrats
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Which of the following was a proposed bill during the Reconstruction that was attempting to make southerners swear the "Ironclad Oath" to rejoin the Union as opposed to Lincoln's oath of allegiance?
The Wade-Davis Bill
The Shergood-Collins Bill
The Lougias-Mansley Bill
The Rodin-Bennet Bill
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The "Ironclad Oath" was proposed by Senator Collins in the Reconstruction Era to make Confederates swear on which of the following concepts?
They would never speak against the United States government
They would swear they never actually supported the Confederacy
They would pay twice as many taxes as northerners
They would serve at least one year in the U.S. Armed Forces
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Which of the following was a derogatory term for northerners who moved south during the Reconstruction to profit from the disorder of the region?
Sawgrinders
Carpetbaggers
Razorbacks
Copperheads
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Because of the radical progress of civil rights during the Reconstruction Era, major race riots were common. Two of the most devastating race riots took place in New Orleans and Memphis in what year?
1874
1869
1866
1862
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Which of the following crucial legislation pieces of the Reconstruction Era was the first major bill in American history to pass despite a presidential veto?
The Civil Rights Act of 1866
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Fourteenth Amendment
The Kellog-Briand Pact
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Which Reconstruction Amendment was constructed to specifically protect the voting rights of African Americans?
The Twelfth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment
The Fifteenth Amendment
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One of the most prominent domestic terror groups during the Reconstruction Era was the Ku Klux Klan. What is the name of this Arkansas congressman who was killed by the Klan for advocating civil rights?
Laurence Colbert
James Hinds
Nigel O'Leary
Duncan Cheswell
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The Klan's reign of terror would be cut short by a series of legislation known as the Enforcement Clauses which were passed thanks to the efforts of which president?
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
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What is the name of the famous organization during the Reconstruction Era that helped to provide for newly freed slaves?
The Red Sparrow Committee
The Freedman's Bureau
The Liberty Commission
The Cory-Simonds Organization
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About how many slaves were in the country at the time of the Civil War?
Just under 4 million
Just over 6 million
Just under 2 million
Just over 8 million
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Which of the following was a group of southern conservative Democrats who opposed Reconstruction fervently, wishing to better focus on rebuilding business?
Bluejays
Reconciliationists
Redeemers
Returners
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What is the name of this man who went down in history for becoming both the first African American and Native American U.S. Congressman?
Hiram Rhodes Revels
Robert O. Oswin
Gavin Frost
Francis Redhorn
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Republicans controlled much of the American political system from the Civil War onward until they lost their majority in the House of Representatives in what year?
1886
1879
1874
1869
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What is the name of the Reconstruction Era system of laws ratified by southern states to deprive African Americans of their rights?
Apartheid
Black Codes
The Separatists'' Pact
The Virginia Accords
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What president in 1867 vetoed multiple bills that would punish the South for implementing Black Codes?
James Buchanan
Ulysses S. Grant
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
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For what reason toward the end of Reconstruction did the American people lose faith in Republicans and instead put the Democratic Party back into power in the mid 1870s?
An economic depression
The outbreak of the Spanish-American War
The scandal of Senator Andrew McKay
The emergence of the Temperance Movement
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The Reconstruction Era officially ended when the last peace-keeping troops were pulled out of the South in what year?
1877
1874
1872
1869
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President Andrew Johnson was impeached during the Reconstruction Era because he removed which of the following cabinet officials from office illegally?
The Secretary of State
The Secretary of Education
The Secretary of Agriculture
The Secretary of War
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The Reconstruction Act of 1867 attempted to make it easier to rebuild the South by dividing it into how many military districts temporarily?
7
6
5
4
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On what date in 1863 did the Emancipation Proclamation officially go into effect?
July 3rd
November 23rd
January 1st
April 4th
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What was the name of this individual famous during the Reconstruction Era for heading the Freedmen's Bureau?
Ulysses S. Grant
Oliver Howard
Ambrose T. Burnside
Douglas Vonnegut
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The Compromise of 1876/1877 officially ended Reconstruction by also sealing the presidency of what man?
Zachary Taylor
Rutherford B. Hayes
Calvin Coolidge
James Buchanan
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