The End of Reconstruction

Which of the following groups voted for Grant in the 1868 election?

• First time Freedmen

• Scalawags

• Carpetbaggers

• Poor White Southerners

Which amendment was passed under Grant allowing for African Americans to vote for the very first time?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

By the Election of 1876, most Southerners would vote for Samuel J. Tilden. Which party did Tilden belong to?

• Democrats

• Republicans

• Neither; he created a new party that supported peace

What was Rutherford B. Haye's attitude towards Reconstruction before the election?

• He wanted to continue Reconstruction

• He wanted to end Reconstruction

• He had no opinion on Reconstruction, but was focused on vetoing the Freedman's Bureau.

• He planned on bringing back the Wade-Davis Bill and taking the rights of Confederates away, punishing them for Black Codes.

Who voted and supported for Republican candidate Hayes?

• Freedmen

• Scalawags

• Carpetbaggers

• Ex-Confederates

What were the results of the Election of 1876?

• Tilden won after many Northerners began to vote Democrat to help end Reconstruction.

• Hayes won after Radical Republicans demanded all Southern governments fire ex-Confederate representatives.

• Hayes won because the South began to realize Reconstruction wasn't working.

• Neither. There was a tie and the vote went to a Congressional Committee...full of Republicans!

The Compromise of 1877 was a secret deal between which two groups to win the presidency?

• Tilden & the Democrats

• Hayes & the Radical Republicans

• Hayes & Democrats

• Tilden & Radical Republicans

After winning the Election of 1876, Hayes agreed to which of the following as part of his deal with Democrats?

• End Reconstruction

• Remove the military districts from the South

• Give money to Southern governments

• Remove Radical Republicans from Northern governments

Which groups were negatively affected by Literacy Tests & Poll Taxes?

• Poor whites

• Freedmen

• KKK Members

• Plantation Owners

Why was sharecropping similar to slavery?

• It was not. It was a fair process that allowed Freedmen to own land.

• It turned the former slave owner into the slave while Freedmen owned the land.

• Freedmen rented land from plantation owners and constantly owed them money due to bad growing seasons and land.

• Sharecropping was actually a good system that allowed the former masters to pay their workers.