Successes and Failures of Reconstruction 23

What was an underlying cause of the Hamburg Massacre?

• No laws regarding meat-packing plants that led to a disaster resulting in scores of deaths
• Division between the Democrats and Republicans that led to a riot
• White trying to prove that they were going to redeem the south against African Americans.
• Disputes between the Catawba and Cherokee tribes that resulted in a massacre

What was the impact of the Ku Klux Klan Act?

• It encouraged African Americans to testify in court against the insurgents.
• Many African Americans were able to move north to escape the KKK.
• Many Klan members were arrested and brought to trial.
• It encouraged insurgents to continue resisting Reconstruction efforts to help African Americans.

Which of the following describes how Rutherford B. Hayes became president?

• He received more votes than Samuel Tilden
• Southern African Americans and Carpetbaggers voted for Hayes
• It was a compromise to remove federal troops from the South if the Democrats gave him the presidency
• He was appointed by President Grant as his successor.

Which of the following was considered a success of Reconstruction?

• Rise of the Ku Klux Klan
• The participation of freedmen in government
• The withdrawal of federal troops in the South
• The southern legislature passing Black Codes

Why did most native white South Carolinians oppose the Constitution of 1868?

• It denied white males a number of civil rights
• It was written by African Americans and Northerners.
• It gave the federal government too much control over South Carolina
• It was not written by representatives from all geographic sections of the state

The Penn School in Beaufort is a result of which of the following?

• Southern legislation
• Northern Philanthropy
• Southern Philanthropy
• Native American relief

Who was governor of South Carolina directly following Reconstruction?

• Rutherford B. Hayes
• Wade Hampton III
• Samuel Tilden
• Strom Thurmond

Which of the following BEST explains why Reconstruction ended in the United States?

• Wade Hampton became governor of South Carolina.
• Federal soldiers were removed from the south.
• Republicans gained control of the state's government.
• Fraud in the national and state elections.

Which of the following would be considered failures of Reconstruction in South Carolina? (Choose 3 that apply.)

• Rise of vigilante groups
• Increased education rates in South Carolina
• Voting fraud and irregularities in state elections
• The passing of Black Codes

How did the convict lease program perpetuate slavery even though it was outlawed by the 13th amendment (Choose 3 that apply)

• it targeted freed blacks
• it unjustly punished men for minor crimes
• it provided almost free labor to rich white plantation owners
• it payed a low wage to blacks in exchange for work just like sharecropping