8-5 Review

During Reconstruction, the Black Codes (8-5.1)

• protected the Constitutional rights
   and liberties of freed slaves
• forced Congress to do the bidding
   of former Confederate politicians
• were enacted by the Radical Republicans to prevent racial discrimination in the South
• were laws passed by mainly Southern states to keep African Americans in a system of virtual slavery

The Amendment which abolished slavery and involuntary servitude was the (8-5.1)

• 13th
• 14th
• 15th
• 16th

The purpose of the Freedman's Bureau was to (8-5.2)

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

Which of these would have been a goal of the Ku Klux Klan in the south during Reconstruction? (8-5.2)

• 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? (8-5.2)

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

Which is the BEST description of the southern economy during Reconstruction? (8-5.2)

• The southern economy was stabilized because
   of trade relationships with Great Britain and France
• The southern economy was still based on
   agriculture and cotton, but now depended on
  sharecropping rather than slave labor
• The southern economy was transformed from being based on agriculture to being completely dependent on industry and manufacturing
• The southern economy was completely restored by 1866 and was actually more productive and profitable than the pre- Civil War economy.

In 1877, President Rutherford B. Hayes withdrew the last federal troops from the capitals of the Reconstruction states. Which of these was an effect of this decision? (8-5.3)

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

The education system in South Carolina was greatly improved during Reconstruction as is evidenced by the fact that the most significant development in the state was education for (8-5.3)

• Irish Americans
• African Americans.
• Spanish Americans
• Scottish Americans

The main purpose of "Jim Crow" laws in the south was to (8-5.4)

• segregate blacks and whites
• provide unemployment assistance
• restore Republican control of local governments
• help the economy of the South after the Reconstruction

What is meant by the term "segregation" in U.S. history? (8-5.4)

• the end of the ban on alcohol
• allowing all people to be equal
• separate facilities for the races
• spending tax dollars on certain projects