Reconstruction TEST

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 backlash against African Americans during Reconstruction that led to a massacre
• Disputes between the Catawba and Cherokee tribes that resulted in a massacre

What were the Jim Crow laws?

• Gave black men the right to vote
• segregated whites and blacks in the south
• Laws about crops that were written by Jim Crow
• Laws that forced whites to be nice to blacks in the south

Which part of the Constitution of 1895 allowed poor illiterate farmers to vote even though they could not pass the literacy test?

• The Grandfather Clause
• Poll taxes
• The 15th Amendment
• Jim Crow laws

What was the most significant impact of the 1876 election of Wade Hampton III in South Carolina ?

• It caused the fall of the "Redeemers."
• It ended the Republican rule in South Carolina
• It allowed South Carolina to follow Republican policies.
• It allowed the rise of African American political power.

How did the Constitution of 1895 impact race relations in South Carolina?

• The Constitution lowered the rate of violence between white and black South Carolinians.
• The Constitution reversed the decision of Plessy v. Ferguson
• The Constitution limited voting opportunities for African Americans
• The Constitution required proof of land ownership for all voters

How was the gerrymandering of congressional districts used by the conservative elite in South Carolina following Reconstruction?

• To make sure that the Democrats did not have political control in South Carolina
• To limit the political influence of African Americans in South Carolina
• To make sure that poor whites would not be disenfranchised.
• To limit the number of carpetbaggers who could be elected to the United States Congress.

What was the main goal of Wade Hampton and his Redeemers?

• restore South Carolina's government and society to its antebellum condition

• remove all Northern Republicans from South Carolina 

• to become president of the United States

• Succeed from the Union again and revive the Confederate States of America

Why did Ben Tillman want a new constitution for South Carolina in 1895?

• He wanted to help women gain the right to vote.
• He wanted the governor to have more power than the Assembly
• He wanted African Americans to have more Civil Rights than what was provided in the Constitution of 1868.
• He wanted to secure political control of the Democratic Party by disenfranchising African Americans

Which of the following was NOT a way that African Americans were disenfranchised following Reconstruction?

• Eight Box Law

• Literacy Tests

• Poll Taxes

• Fifteenth Amendment

How did Governor Wade Hampton III's view on African Americans following Reconstruction differ from the rest of the Democratic Party in South Carolina?

• Hampton supported the Republican party but other Democrats did not.
• Hampton was willing to allow African Americans to keep their voting rights while the rest of the Democratic Party wanted to disenfranchise them.
• Hampton believed in the ideas of the KKK while the rest of the Democratic Party did not.
• Hampton and the Democratic Party agreed on everything.