8-5.3 Success and Failures of Reconstruction

What amendments did SC refuse to ratify? 

• 13 and 15
• 14 and 15
• 15 and 16
• 16 and 17

What was the white role in the 1868 Constitution Convention? 

• They wrote it.  
• They boycotted it. 
• They ratified it. 
• They were happy with it. 

What was the African American role in the writing of the Constitution of 1868?  

• They were the majority that wrote it.
• They ratified it. 
• They boycotted it.
• They were not allowed to attend.

Which of the following was NOT a right that African Americans gained in the 1868 Constitution?  

• vote
• hold office
• own land 
• Become governor

African Americans gained a majority in the legislature.  What does majority mean?  

• More than Half
• There were more whites than blacks.  
• Populists controlled the Assembly. 
• Democrats controlled the Assembly.  

How did whites characterize the African American political leadership?  

• Superb
• Adequate
• Ignorant
• Literate

What positive developments were made in South Carolina for the blind and deaf?  

• Schools
• Sharecropping Contracts
• Voting Rights
• Segregated facilities

Taxes during Reconstruction _______________ in South Carolina

• Decreased
• Increased 

What was the most lasting impact of the work of the Freedmen's Bureau?  

• Sharecropping Contracts
• Schools
• Land Redistribution
• Protection 

Which of the following is NOT an African American college started in Reconstruction?  

• Claflin
• Benedict
• Allen
• Clemson