Chapter 1 Section 3: Reconstruction's Impact During PPT

The Supreme Court rulings in the Slaughterhouse Cases weakened which of the following?

• antislavery standards under the Thirteenth Amendment

• civil rights protections under the Fourteenth Amendment

• election guidelines under the Compromise of 1877

• integration requirements under the Civil Rights Act of 1875

What was one main achievement of the Freedmen's Bureau?

• supporting election of Democratic governments

• helping African Americans leave the South

• expanding suffrage to African Americans

• encouraging literacy in the South

The federal government assisted southern states by

• integrating public schools.

• building quality medical facilities.

• establishing an agency to help freed people.

• redistributing large plantations to freed people.

The group of politicians known as the "Redeemers" had the main goal of

• reforming the election process in the South.

• regaining power in Congress for the South.

• battling widespread political corruption in the North.

• undoing civil rights legislation passed by congressmen from the North.

The Compromise of 1877 granted Rutherford B. Hayes the presidency in exchange for what?

• major tax cuts for southern states

• removal of all remaining federal troops in the South

• reparations for damage caused in the South during the Civil War

• additional electoral votes awarded to southern states in the next election