8-5 FINAL

During Reconstruction, the Black Codesprotected the Constitutional rightsand liberties of freed slaves.forced Congress to do the biddingof former Confederate politicians.

• were enacted by the Radical Republicans to prevent racial discrimination in the South.
• were laws passed by mainly Southern states to keepAfrican Americans in a system of virtual slavery.
• protected the Constitutional rightsand liberties of freed slaves.
• forced Congress to do the biddingof former Confederate politicians.

The MAIN purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau was to

• help slaves adjust to their new found freedom.
• battle terrorist groups like the Ku Klux Klan
• serve as a voice for freed slaves inCongress.
• establish black codes to limit freed slaves’rights.

The Amendment which abolished slavery and involuntary servitude was the 

• 13th
• 14th
• 15th
• 16th

The purpose of the Freedman's Bureau was to

• provide 40 acres and a mule for each slave.
• gain the vote for millions of former slaves
• provide work, education, and relief forformer slaves.
• get radical Republicans in positions of powerin the South.

Which of these would have been a goal of the Ku Klux Klan in the south during Reconstruction?

• making sure Reconstruction went smoothly
• assisting the scalawags and carpetbaggers
• ensuring that freedmen had the right to vote
• restoring southern Democrats to political power

What was the effect of the use of literacy tests throughout the South after the U.S. Civil War?

• women were denied the right to vote
• an increase in voter turnout by AfricanAmericans
• the poor and African Americans not being allowedto vote
• an increase in the power of the Republican Partyin the South

In what way were small farmers in the South impacted by Reconstruction?

• They were having to hire formerslavesto work their small farms.
• They were now having to compete withsharecroppers when selling goods.
• They had lost their entire labor force because ofthe Thirteenth Amendment.
• They had to take an oath promising not to takepart in any future rebellion.

In 1877, President Rutherford B. Hayes withdrew the last federal troops from the capitals of theReconstruction states. Which of these was an effect of this decision?

• President Hayes was impeached by Congress and removed from office.
• Support from the southern states helped him win the re-election in 1881.
• More African-American politicians were elected to seats in the U.S. Congress.
• Subversive groups like the Ku Klux Klanand the Redeemers regained control ofpolitics in the southern states.

Why did groups like the Red Shirts participate in violence in the months prior to the gubernatorial election of 1876?

• they wanted to see the defeatof the Democratic Party
• they desired to cause an uprisingand secede from the U.S.
• they hoped to drive black voters away so whitescould retake power
• they protested the lack of black participation instate government

For what purpose was the "Eight Box Law" designed?

• to prevent unions from forming in the South
• to ensure that voters were informed of the issues
• to prevent free blacks from voting inthe late-1800s
• to end the use of literacy tests whenregistering voters