HS USH Unit 1 Review

Front

Which of the following is TRUE about sharecropping? Sharecropping favored the freedmen., Many freedmen were able to buy new homes through sharecropping., Most sharecroppers remained in debt or in a cycle of poverty., Many state governments offered loans for sharecropping farmers.

Back

Most sharecroppers remained in debt or in a cycle of poverty.

Front

What was the goal of the Anaconda Plan?

Back

To surround the Confederate States and cut them off from help and supplies

Front

What is the term for a person from the north who went to the South after the Civil War to take advantage of any political or economic opportunities?

Back

Carpetbagger

Front

What is the name of people in the U.S. Congress that advocated for political and social equality for freedmen and insisted on harsh penalties for the South following the war?

Back

Radical Republicans

Front

What agency was created by the United States Congress in 1865 to establish schools and churches, provide food and clothing, and address employment issues for former slaves?

Back

The Freedmen's Bureau

Front

What is the term that means the lowest point in race relations in US History?

Back

Nadir

Front

What do you call a person who was opposed to slavery?

Back

Abolitionist

Front

What does the term "secede" mean?

Back

Withdraw formally from membership of a federal union.

Front

What government legislation allowed the issue of slavery to be decided on the basis of popular sovereignty?

Back

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Front

Who were "scalawags" during the Reconstruction era?

Back

White Southerners who supported Reconstruction policies and efforts.