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Unit 3: The Practice of Freedom
Quick questions on The Defeat of Reconstruction - AP African American Studies Topic 3.4
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What is northern abandonment?Show answer
Northern will to enforce Black rights faded amid an economic depression, scandal fatigue, and a desire for sectional reconciliation. The Supreme Court narrowed the reach of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments.
What is political compromise?Show answer
The disputed 1876 presidential election was settled by the Compromise of 1877: Republicans kept the presidency in exchange for withdrawing the last federal troops from the South, removing the protection Black rights depended on.
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What was the Compromise of 1877? [Recall]
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Explain one consequence of Reconstruction's defeat for African Americans. [Short explanation]
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