Chapter 15 - Post-Reconstruction Era: Institutionalism of Racism

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What was a primary reason for the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment (1868)?

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to guarantee citizenship rights to the newly freed slaves

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In the Post-Reconstruction era after 1877, racial segregation became institutionalized in the South primarily as a result of the

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passage of the Jim Crow laws in Southern states

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Which statement most accurately portrays the policy of the U.S. government toward Native Americans after the Civil War? Options: Native Americans must be encouraged to retain their customs, Native Americans need to move from tribal lands to reservations, Settlers need to be educated about the Native American culture, Management of Native American Indian affairs should shift to the states

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Native Americans need to move from tribal lands to reservations

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How were many African Americans in the South affected by Jim Crow laws?

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They placed major restrictions on the rights of African Americans.

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In the post-Reconstruction era, which economic changes were encouraged in the "New South"? Options: free land and public education for African Americans, return to small family farms and introduction of slavery, industrial development and agricultural diversification, elimination of sharecropping and tenant farming.

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industrial development and agricultural diversification

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Jim Crow laws and the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson were similar in that both were designed to

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limit African American rights and liberties in the South

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Which statement best describes the status of African Americans in the South in the post-Reconstruction era?

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African Americans found that gaining equal rights was very difficult.

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Which development was a result of the other three? Options: The introduction of the sharecropping system, Many Southern states passed Jim Crow laws., Racism in the South became institutionalized., African Americans had to pay a poll tax to vote

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Racism in the South became institutionalized.