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2J America: A Nation Divided, c1845–1877

The Reconstruction Acts, Scalawags and Carpetbaggers

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Recall questions on the conditions for readmission, scalawags and carpetbaggers, the Union army's role, the Fifteenth Amendment, the Redeemers and Ku Klux Klan, the Enforcement Acts, sharecropping and African Americans' position by 1877.

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Key term

What voting requirement did the Reconstruction Acts impose on former Confederate states seeking readmission?

Key term

Who were the Redeemers?

Key term

What happened to African American rights in the South as Redeemer governments gained power by 1877?

Questions from this subtopic

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  1. 1

    What constitutional requirement did former Confederate states have to meet for readmission to the Union under the Reconstruction Acts?

    Model answer

    States were required to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment for readmission.

  2. 2

    What voting requirement did the Reconstruction Acts impose on former Confederate states seeking readmission?

    Model answer

    States were required to grant African American men the right to vote.

  3. 3

    Who were scalawags?

    Model answer

    Scalawags were white Southerners who supported the Republican Party and Reconstruction.

  4. 4

    What term described Northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction to participate in politics or business?

    Model answer

    Carpetbaggers.

  5. 5

    What roles did the Union army play in enforcing Reconstruction in the South?

    Model answer

    The Union army protected freedmen, supervised elections, and maintained order.

  6. 6

    What did the Fifteenth Amendment prohibit?

    Model answer

    It prohibited denying the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

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