Compromise of 1877

USHC 3.4 - End of Reconstruction

Multiple Choice

What event signaled the end of Reconstruction?

• The adoption of the Civil War Amendments

• The passage of the Military Reconstruction Act

• The Compromise of 1877

• The impeachment of President Johnson

Multiple Choice

During and after Reconstruction, what kept many African Americans from voting

• The 15th Amendment

• Desegregation laws

• The Freedmen’s Bureau

• Poll taxes

Multiple Choice

The Supreme Court upheld the southern practice of separate but equal in what ruling?

• The Dred Scott decision

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• The Compromise of 1877

• Brown v. Board of Education

EOC REVIEW QUESTIONS....

Multiple Choice

Why was the Grandfather Clause used in some states in place of poll taxes or literacy tests?

• It upheld the 15 Amendment, ensuring all citizens could vote.

• It ensured that poor, illiterate whites could still vote.

• It allowed only white landowners to vote.

• It allowed women whose grandfathers had voted to participate.

Multiple Choice

The Compromise of 1877 marks the official end of Reconstruction. What aspect of the Compromise was

the beginning of a period of violence and discrimination against African Americans?

• the repeal of the 14 Amendment

• the withdrawal of federal troops and protections

• the election of Ulysses Grant as president

• the reversal of the Plessy v. Ferguson decision

Multiple Choice

How did Southern legislatures attempt to limit the rights of African Americans after Reconstruction?

• by extending suffrage rights to African American men

• by ratifying new amendments to the Constitution

• by adopting discriminatory policies known as Jim Crow laws

• by passing policies supported by progressive reforms

Multiple Choice

Which idea best summarizes the ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson?

• separate but equal

• liberty and justice for all

• the pursuit of happiness

• in God we trust

Multiple Choice

Who were the Redeemers who "redeemed" the South?

• southern Democrats

• Radical Republicans

• moderate Republicans

• recently freed slaves