Reconstruction

Throughout the Civil War, an important advantage the North had over the South was that the North

• had superior military leaders

• had greater manufacturing capabilities

• received support from Great Britain and France

• used a strategy for fighting a defensive war

The Compromise of 1877 brought an end to Radical Reconstruction by providing for the

• resignation of President Rutherford B. Hayes

• removal of federal troops from Southern states

• establishment of a system of sharecropping

• strict enforcement of the 14th amendment

What was a common goal of the 13th, 14th,and 15th amendments to the United States Constitution?

• punishing the South for seceding from the Union

• granting basic rights to formerly enslaved persons

• allowing the states to veto federal laws

• creating a “separate but equal” society

The “separate but equal” doctrine established by the Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)upheld the legality of

• woman’s suffrage in state elections

• the activities of the Ku Klux Klan

• racial segregation in public facilities

• restrictions on voting rights of African Americans

Which statement best describes how the status of African Americans in the South changed soon after the end of Reconstruction in 1877?

• The Supreme Court consistently supported civil rights for African Americans.

• Poll taxes and literacy tests were eliminated for African Americans.

• Increasing numbers of African Americans were elected to public office.

• African Americans faced increasing discrimination and segregation.

In the South, the passage of Jim Crow laws in the 1870s and 1880s led directly to the

• racial integration of public schools

• decline of the Democratic party

• organization of the Ku Klux Klan

• segregation of public facilities

During Reconstruction, the Black Codes passed by Southern states were attempts to

• provide land to former slaves

• punish former Confederate leaders

• repeal the Jim Crow laws

• deny equal rights to African Americans

After Reconstruction, white Southerners regained control of Southern state governments by

• ending the Black Codes

• limiting voting rights of African Americans

• forcing most African Americans to move to the North

• limiting the sharecropping system to whites only

The term carpetbaggers was used during Reconstruction to describe

• Southern whites who supported Radical Republican programs

• African Americans who gained control of former Southern plantations

• Northerners who moved to the South seeking personal gain

• formerly enslaved African Americans who moved to the West

During the Reconstruction Era, one reason for the formation of the Ku Klux Klan was to

• prevent formerly enslaved persons from exercising their rights

• encourage immigration from southern and eastern Europe

• support the South during the Civil War

• eliminate sharecropping in the Southern States