Ch. 18-3 WS

Republicans were the dominant political party during Reconstruction.

• True

• False

The number of African Americans holding important government positions during Reconstruction was _________.

• zero

• very small

• about half of all government officials in the South

• nearly all government officials in the South

Blanch K. Bruce was __________.

• the first African American senator to serve a full term

• a leader of the Radical Republicans

• a founder of the Ku Klux Klan

• the head of the Freedman's Bureau

_________ was the first African American elected to the United States Senate.

• Blanche Bruce

• Josiah T. Walls

• Hiram Revels

• Jonathan C. Gibbs

Which word is closest in meaning to scalawag?

• hero

• scoundrel

• sharecropper

• rebel

Scalawags were __________.

• white Northerners

• white Southerners

• southern African Americans

• northern African Americans

Carpetbaggers were named after their suitcases.

• True

• False

The number of African Americans attending school during Reconstruction ___________.

• increased

• decreased

• decreased for children and increased to adults

• increased for children and decreased for adults

Most schools built during Reconstruction were open to Southerners of all races.

• True

• False

In sharecropping, what does the farmer give the landowner?

• a percentage of the crop

• profits from crop sales

• seeds, tools, and a mule

• money for rent.