HIST 102: Chapter 15 Reading Guide

Give Me Liberty! An American History

Instructions

This reading guide is designed to help you understand and answer the Review Questions found on Page 474. This assessment also verifies your active reading of Chapter 15. For each question below, please follow these steps:

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Review Question 5

On Page 444, find the sentence beginning with the words: "The thirst..."

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How did Black families, churches, schools, and other institutions contribute to the development of African American culture and political activism in this period?

Review Question 6

On Page 447, find the sentence beginning with the words: "It fell..."

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Why did ownership of land and control of labor become major points of contention between former slaves and whites in the South?

Review Question 8

On Page 450, find the sentence beginning with the words: "Because no..."

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How did the failure of land reform and continued poverty lead to new forms of servitude for both Blacks and whites?

Review Question 11

On Page 452, find the sentence beginning with the words: "Only in..."

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By 1877, how did the condition of former slaves in the United States compare with that of freedpeople around the globe?

Review Question 9

On Page 454, find the sentence beginning with the words: "But what..."

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What caused the confrontation between President Johnson and Congress over Reconstruction policies?

Review Question 4

On Page 456, find the sentence beginning with the words: "In June..."

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What is birthright citizenship, and why is it important?

Review Question 3

On Page 461, find the sentence beginning with the words: "The amendments..."

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In what sense did the Reconstruction amendments mark a second founding of the United States?

Review Question 2

On Page 462, find the sentence beginning with the words: "These measures..."

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The women's movement split into two separate national organizations in part because the Fifteenth Amendment did not give women the vote. Explain why the two groups split.

Review Question 1

On Page 467, find the sentence beginning with the words: "A revitalized..."

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In 1865, the former Confederate general Robert Richardson remarked that "the emancipated slaves own nothing, because nothing but freedom has been given to them." Explain whether this would be an accurate assessment of Reconstruction twelve years later.

Review Question 7

On Page 468, find the sentence beginning with the words: "In wide..."

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By what methods did southern whites seek to limit African American civil rights and liberties? How did the federal government respond?

Review Question 10

On Page 470, find the sentence beginning with the words: "Other factors..."

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What national issues and attitudes combined to bring an end to Reconstruction by 1877?