8-7.3 Review

Which of the following reasons best describes why African Americans supported the Republican party during Reconstruction?

• They promised to help relocate newly freed African Americans to the North.

• They promised them 40 acres and a mule to start their new lives.

• They used threats and intimidation to force them to vote Republican.

• Democrats used threats and intimidation to force them to vote for their candidates.

What caused many of the delegates from the South to walk out of the National Democratic Convention in 1948?

• Democratic support of women's rights.

• Democratic support of disfranchisement of African Americans.

• Democratic support of anti-poll tax legislation and federal protection against lynching.

• Democratic support of industrializing the South.

Which of the following were reasons why African Americans began voting in increasing numbers in the mid 20th century? ( Choose 3 that apply)

• The Voting Rights Act of 1965.

• Elmore v. Rice court ruling.

• The assassination of Martin Luther King.

• The banning of the poll tax.

Since 1964, who is the only Democratic nominee that South Carolina has supported?

• Ronald Reagan.

• Richard Nixon.

• Jimmy Carter.

• Gerald Ford.

Why was the Dixiecrat Party created?

• The Democratic Party had fallen apart and split into several different political parties

• The Democratic Party began to push for immigration reform which southern states did not support.

• The Democratic Party began supporting gun control which angered the southern states.

• The Democratic Party began supporting African American civil rights as well as voting rights.

What was the purpose of Strom Thurmond's record setting filibuster on the Senate floor in 1957?

• Thurmond wanted to prevent the passage of new tax laws.

• Thurmond wanted to prevent the passage of new gun control laws.

• Thurmond wanted to prevent the passage of new maritime laws.

• Thurmond wanted to prevent the passage of civil rights laws.

Which of the following legislative actions was passed in the 1980's to ensure that all children had the equal opportunity to learn?

• The 19th Amendment

• Education Improvement Act

• NAFTA

• Brown v Board of Education

What actions by Presidents Roosevelt and Truman led to tensions within the Democratic Party and the eventual shift of many Democrats to the Republican Party?

• Their decision to drop the nuclear bomb on Japan, killing hundreds of thousands.

• Their policy of decreased spending on social and economic activities in order to end the Great Depression.

• Their support of civil rights legislation that attracted African American voters.

• Their plan to change America from an agriculture based economy to an industrial nation.

What led South Carolinians to become suspicious of Franklin Roosevelt and his New Deal policies?

• Roosevelt's policies would give all New Deal jobs to African Americans.

• Roosevelt's policies would end farming in the South.

• Roosevelt's policies would attract African American voters.

• Roosevelt's policies would move industry out of the South.

Which factor has limited the impact of African American voters in presidential elections in South Carolina?

• African Americans do not affiliate with a political party.

• African American votes do not count as much as white votes.

• African Americans make up only about 28% of the voting population in the state.

• African Americans are still denied equal voting rights in South Carolina.