Reconstruction Ch 23 part 2

The Ku Klux Klan began as a social club started by __________ in Pulaski, Tennessee.

• former enslaved people

• Confederate veterans

• carpetbaggers and scalawags

The Ku Klux Klan became a terror group focused on __________ .

• eliminating poll taxes

• fighting for Reconstruction

•  keeping White people in power

Governor William Brownlow tried to __________ the Ku Klux Klan.

•  help 

• stop

• understand

Which tactics were commonly used in the South to prevent African Americans from voting after Reconstruction? (Choose 2)

• poll taxes

• increased education

• amendments to the U.S. Constitution

• segregation

•  literacy tests

Which legislation was issued or passed during Reconstruction in response to the use of poll taxes and literacy tests at voting stations?

• Declaration of Sentiments

• Civil Rights Act of 1866

• Emancipation Proclamation

• 15th Amendment

What was the significance of the Compromise of 1877?

• It gave former slaves the right to vote

•  It established the Freedmen’s Bureau.

• It ended Reconstruction.

• It ended black codes across the country.

Which statement accurately explains the Compromise of 1877?

• It was a compromise between Republicans and the president to end a disputed election.

• It was a compromise between Republicans and the president to establish the Freedmen’s Bureau.

• It was a compromise between Republicans and moderate Democrats to end a disputed election.

• It was a compromise between Republicans and moderate Democrats to establish the Freedmen’s Bureau.