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- The authors of the Reconstruction amendments gave the federal government the power to do which of the following?
- During Radical Reconstruction, what did every state help finance in an effort to transform the South into a society of booming factories, bustling towns, and diversified agriculture?
- the most ambitious and cherished-but least successful-of Thaddeus Steven's aims as a radical republican was
- Other societies experienced the transition from slavery to freedom around the same time as the United States. What type of labor did plantation owners in the British Caribbean use to continue their operations?
- In "The Composite Nation" (1869), what does Frederick Douglass reveal about his position toward Chinese immigrants?
- What did the freedmen request in their "Petition of Committee in Behalf of the Freedmen to Andrew Johnson" in 1865?
- During Reconstruction, what new southern class arose due to the building of new railroads?
- 1846 proposal that outlawed slavery in any territory gained from the War with Mexico
- What did the ex-slaves see as key to significantly improving their condition?
- According to the petitions that freedmen sent to President Andrew Johnson, what had the government promised them?
- Anything less than ________ for African-Americans would betray the Civil War's meaning, black spokesmen insisted.
- which of the following statements accurately describes the Civil Rights Bill of 1866?
- What was one of the ways in which Black education evolved during Reconstruction?
- How did Garrison Frazier define freedom for African-Americans during his January 1865 conversation with General Sherman and Secretary of War Stanton?
- President Andrew Johnson appointed provisional governors to southern states. How were they supposed to rule local affairs?
- The Freedmen's Bureau's greatest accomplishments were in
- (1849-1850), Whig president who was a Southern slave holder, and war hero (Mexican-American War). Won the 1848 election. Surprisingly did not address the issue of slavery at all on his platform. He died during his term and his Vice President was Millard Fillmore.
- elected Vice President and became the 10th President of the United States when Harrison died 1841-1845, President responsible for annexation of Mexico after receiving mandate from Polk, opposed many parts of the Whig program for economic recovery
- What was the only state not to allow African Americans to enlist
- What percentage of American colonists were Tories