SS8H6_Reconstruction in Georgia

Which aspect of Georgia life was least affected by Reconstruction policies?

• A) politics
• B) religion
• C) economics
• D) agriculture

White Southerners blamed the Republican Party for many economic and political abuses during Reconstruction. As a result, Georgia politics were dominated by the Democratic Party. What effect did this one-party system have on the development of Georgia?

• A) Industry developed.
• B) The number of jobs increased.
• C) The economy remained dependent on cotton.
• D) Segregation of the races resumed.

What was the goal of the Ku Klux Klan after it was reorganized in 1915?

• A) to preserve segregation
• B) to increase immigration
• C) to promote industrialization
• D) to establish religious tolerance

Why did federal troops occupy Georgia for a third time in 1869?

• A) The General Assembly refused to write a new state constitution.
• B) The General Assembly refused to set up and provide funding for public schools.
• C) Georgia's legislature would not ratify the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• D) Black legislators were expelled from the General Assembly and the Ku Klux Klan had grown stronger.

Which organization did the federal government create in 1865 to supervise the transition of slaves to freedom?

• A) Howard University
• B) Freedmen's Bureau
• C) American Civil Liberties Union
• D) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

A supporter of President Lincoln's plans for Reconstruction would most likely have agreed with which of these statements?

• A) All southern plantations should be divided among former slaves.
• B) It is important that the South be punished economically and politically for starting the Civil War.
• D) It is important that the North support policies that help the South recover as quickly as possible.
• C) All Confederate officers should be tried for war crimes.

After Reconstruction, why was there a "white backlash" in Georgia against the Republican Party?

• A) Most Georgians strongly opposed sharecropping.
• B) Republicans opposed the efforts of the Freedmen's Bureau.
• C) Scalawags and carpetbaggers were associated with the Republican Party.
• D) Ku Klux Klan activities were linked to the Republican Party.

The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments were all important additions to the Constitution because they

• A) repealed previous amendments.
• B) granted more freedom to women.
• C) addressed isues that contributed to the Civil War, such as slavery.
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  D) were passed over the objection of the majority of the states.

Which amendment was affected MOST by the Civil War?

• 15th Amendment, which gave voting rights to African American men.
• B) 19th Amendment
• C) 21st Amendment
• D) 26th Amendment

By the end of the Reconstruction era, most African-Americans in the United States

• A) had received a free college education paid for by wealthy northerners.
• D) found themselves increasingly left out of the political process because of poll taxes and literacy tests.
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  C) began to migrate in massive numbers to the rural South to pursue farming jobs.
• B) found themselves owners of the land their ancestors had worked on as slaves.