The Condition of the South after Reconstruction

Reconstruction refers to...

• The period after the civil war, 1865-1877

• The process of readmitting seceded states

• The process of rebuilding the South after the civil war

• All the above

When the slaves were freed, the plantation system...

• Collapsed

• Flourished

• Stayed the same

• Gained respect

Many Southerners became sharecroppers after the civil war because...

• They didn't want to become tenant farmers

• Few people had money to buy land

• They preferred not to own land

• They did not know how to farm

After the war, Southern industries faced serious problems partly because...

• They were far from northern markets

• They paid higher wages than in the north

• The south had few natural resources

• Railroads destroyed during the civil war weren't rebuilt

The amendment that abolished slavery was the...

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 11th

Fredrick Douglass was...

• Born into slavery

• A famous orator

• Helped organize black troops

• All the above

According to Southerners, "black codes"

• Restored Southern ways

• Helped whites adjust without blacks

• Kept order in the south and helped blacks adjust

• Restored Northern ways

Which of the following is an example of a "black code"?

• A negro must be off the street by sundown

• A negro may not intermarry with each other

• A negro may vote

• A negro may sue or testify against whoever they needed to

Many southerners became tenant farmers after the civil war because...

• Land was not available at any price

• Northerners controlled land sales

• They could not afford land at even low prices

• There was little land to buy/own

The Ku Klux Klan...

• Got its name from a mock imitation of fraternities

• Realtes to greek letters

• Went after black teachers, blacks, and carpetbaggers

• All the above