FREE HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CHAPTER 11

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FREE HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CHAPTER 11

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Question 1: 11. An insulting term applied to northerners who came south during

Reconstruction; they were suspected of taking advantage of postwar conditions to gain political power and to enrich themselves.

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Carpetbagger Question 2: 31. What evidence from the drawing supports the claim of one newspaper that this was "an absolute massacre"?

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The white men are killing unarmed freedmen.

Question 3: 45. Which summarizes the outcome of the Battle of Liberty Place?

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Republicans could continue to control Louisiana only with federal support.Question 4: 33. According to the passage, what was Congress' primary purpose in passing the Reconstruction Acts?

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Congress believed that the Southern states would not allow freemen to vote unless they forced the issue.

Question 5: 26. Which occurred in Louisiana as a result of Johnson's lenient Reconstruction policies?

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Former Confederates were able to regain control of the state legislature.

Question 6: 2. The name given to former slaves.

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Freedmen

Question 7: 49. Who served as Louisiana's last governor during Reconstruction?

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Francis T. Nicholls Question 8: 23. Which resulted from Louisiana's early military occupation during the Reconstruction period?

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Louisiana was used as a testing ground for policies designed to bring rebel states back into the nation.

Question 9: 42. Which event led to the tragic events at Colfax in 1873?

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dispute over local election results Question 10: 43. Based on the cartoon, how would the purpose of the White League be described?

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They were committed to restoring the state to white Democratic rule by whatever means necessary.Question 11: 16. An incident of September 1874 in which well-armed, but outnumbered, Republicans fought with White Leaguers, who forced the Republicans to retreat and took control of New Orleans government until Republican control was returned by federal troops.

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Battle of Liberty Place

Question 12: 12. A secret paramilitary organization formed in St. Mary Parish that used methods intended to create terror among potential black Republican voters.

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Knights of the White Camellia Question 13: 22. Which Amendment put an end to slavery throughout the United States?

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13th

Question 14: 24. Who opposed the plan described in the passage?

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Radical Republicans

Question 15: 10. To take away the right to vote from someone.

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Disfranchise Question 16: 55. Which statement explains why the state legislature passed the new Louisiana Constitution of 1868, shown in Source?

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Reconstruction laws required Louisiana to abolish slavery and provide civil rights to African Americans.Question 17: 8. A deadly 1866 confrontation as former slaves and Republicans battled former Confederate Democrats at the Mechanics' Institute building in New Orleans.

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Mechanics' Institute Riot Question 18: 4. Members of Congress who thought the people of the South should be punished for seceding and, in their view, causing the war.

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Radical Republicans Question 19: 1. The name given to the period between the end of the Civil War and 1877, the year the federal government withdrew its last troops from the South; describes attempts to reconstruct the nation in the aftermath of secession and civil war.

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Reconstruction

Question 20: 7. Laws passed in many southern states after the Civil War that were designed to regulate the labor, movements, and behavior of former slaves.

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Black Codes

Question 21: 25. How were Lincoln and Johnson's Reconstruction plans similar?

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They both focused on quickly reintegrating the rebel states.Question 22: 46. Which Louisiana native was elected governor in 1876 after a successful Civil War military career?

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Francis T. Nicholls Question 23: 47. How did Francis T. Nicholls secure his place as Governor of Louisiana?

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attacking the Cabildo Question 24: 36. How were Louisiana's March 1868 elections affected by the disfranchisement of a large number of Democrats?

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Republicans took control of the state government.

Question 25: 44. This statement represents the platform of which group?

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White League Question 26: 18. The term used to describe the return of white Democratic political control after Reconstruction.

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home rule Question 27: 38. Who was the first Louisiana governor elected under the Constitution of 1867?

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Henry Clay Warmoth