Chapter 18: Reconstruction and the Changing South

Some white southerners supported the Ku Klux Klan because they saw violence as a way to oppose Reconstruction.

• True

• False

Which amendment gave all people born or naturalized in the United States (except most Native Americans) equal protection of the law?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 16th

Which amendment banned slavery and forced labor?

• 13th
• 14th
• 15th
• 16th

Which amendment gave African American males the right to vote by forbidding states to deny the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude?

• 13th
• 14th
• 15th
• 16th

What was one name for northern whites who went south to start businesses or pursue political careers?

• Carpetbaggers

• Scalawags

• Hiram Revels

• Critics

What was the purpose of the Ku Klux Klan?

• Help freedmen find jobs

• Impeach President Johnson

• Enforce the 15th amendment

• Terrorize African Americans and their allies

What was real purpose of voter literacy tests?

• To make sure voters were knowledgeable. 
• To encourage African Americans to  learn to read.
• To prevent African Americans from voting.
• To get money for the government.

This political group demanded equality, voting rights, land, and education for Black Americans in the South

• Democrats

• Radical Republicans

• President Johnson

• The Confederates

What best describes the result of the Compromise of 1877?

• Federal (Union) troops leave the South and Tilden becomes president
• Federal (Union) troops leave the South and Hayes becomes president
• Confederate troops occupy the South and Hayes becomes president
• Confederate troops leave the South and 
  Tilden is assassinated

These were passed in the South to try and restrict the freedoms of the African Americans

• Jim Crow Laws
• White Codes
• Pendleton Act
• Ku Klux Klan Acts