Failures of Reconstruction

In the years after the Civil War, Southern society most valued

• infrastructure

• government

• entrepreneurship

• land ownership

What was one reason sharecropping began in the South?

• It was a way to take advantage of the South's strong infrastructure

• The federal government required Southerners to use this system

• Landowners needed laborers, and freed slaves needed work

• Farmers were the only Southerners who still had money after the Civil War

Which statement best describes the system of sharecropping?

• Sharecropping offered formerly enslaved people an equal opportunity to participate in the Southern economy

• Sharecropping gave formerly enslaved people the upper hand in the agricultural South

• Sharecropping offered Northerners an opportunity to relocate to the South and start their own farms

• Sharecropping gave white landowners the upper hand and economic dominance in Southern society

If a sharecropper's portion of the harvest paid too little to cover loans from the beginning of the season, the sharecropper would begin the next season

• with a clean slate

• already in debt

• without help from the landowner

• by planting a different crop

What guaranteed equal access to public facilities regardless of race?

• the Thirteenth Amendment

• the Fifteenth Amendment

• the 1875 Civil Rights Act

• the Jim Crow laws

In the South during Reconstruction, the Civil Rights Act of 1875

• was rarely enforced

• was strictly enforced

• was criticized by Republicans

• was upheld by the Supreme Court

Which statement best describes Jim Crow laws?

• They restricted the rights of white citizens

• They prevented the spread of segregation

• They guaranteed the rights of African Americans

• They restricted the rights of African Americans

During Reconstruction in the South, poll taxes were used to

• strengthen African American representation in government

• ensure that voters were qualified to participate in elections

• deny African Americans citizens participation in government

• prevent former Confederate officers from voting in elections

With the exception of white Southern Republicans, how did white Southern society react to Reconstruction?

• They were opposed to it, often violently

• They embraced it cautiously

• They worked with African Americans to reverse it

• They appreciated the federal oversight

To combat Reconstruction reforms, some Southerners organized

• white supremacy groups

• the Freedmen's Bureau

• a new Republican Party

• the civil rights movement