Post-Reconstruction

As a result of the 1876 Election, Reconstruction in the South __________________.

• continued for another 10 years

• came to an end after a compromise over the presidential election of 1877

• continued for another 20 years

____________________was elected governor in 1876 and ended Reconstruction.  

• Rutheford B. Hayes
• Wade Hampton
• Ben Tillman
• Daniel Chamberlain

What is true about national and state elections in South Carolina in 1876?

• Both elections resulted in continued Republican control of the government.

• Both elections were not resolved.

• Both elections were marred by violence and assassinations.

• Both elections were marked by voter fraud and irregularities.

What did Southern States, like South Carolina, still depend on for their economy after the Civil War?

• Foreign investment
• Scalawag Labor
• Agriculture
• Manufacturing

Which of the following is true about sharecropping

• Sharecropping favored the freeedmen.

• Many freedmen were able to buy new homes through sharecropping

• Most sharecroppers remained in debt or in a cycle of poverty

• Many state governments offered loan for sharecropping farmers.

Which of the following describes Governor Wade Hampton’s policies towards blacks during the late 1870s?

• Wade Hampton worked to give African Americans full equality, both politically and socially.

• Wade Hampton did appoint African Americans to minor offices in the state.

• Wade Hampton did everything he could to take political power away from African Americans

In the years following Reconstruction, South Carolina went through a(n)

• agricultural depression

• revitalization of industry

• technological revolution

• civil war between differing parts of the state

Who was elected governor after Reconstruction as a Conservative Democrat? (Ex-Confederate General)

• Lincoln

• Wade Hampton III

• Ben Tillman

• Robert Smalls

Which term is an example of how whites attempted to disfranchise blacks in the South by using a literacy test in order to vote?

• Poll Tax

• Eight Box Law

• Black Codes

• Jim Crow Laws

The most important SC industry at the end of the 1800's was the _____________ industry:;which means woven fabrics.

• Phosphates

• Lumber

• Textiles

• Naval Stores