Topic 1.3 Reconstruction and Civil Rights

What did most northerners come to realize about the rebuilding of the South?

• It would be easy and happen quickly

• It would be difficult and happen quickly

• It would be easy and happen slowly

• It would be difficult and happen slowly

Why did support for reform dwindle over time?

• Voters and politicians outside the South focused on other pressing issues

• The cost of military operations in the South became too high

• Faith in President Ulysses S. Grant faded due to corruption

• All of the above

How did the Supreme Court restrict African American freedoms in the 1870s?

• By upholding the rights guaranteed by the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments

• By ruling in favor of small slaughterhouses in the Slaughterhouse Cases

• By protecting the property rights of businesses over civil rights

• By granting equal protection under the law to all citizens

What did the Supreme Court ruling in United States v. Cruikshank establish?

• The due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment protect citizens from the actions of other citizens

• The federal government has control over how states define rights for their citizens

• The protection of civil rights includes property rights of businesses

• The actions of the state cannot violate the rights of citizens

How did southern Democrats suppress African American rights?

• By using violence and intimidation tactics

• By compromising with local Republicans to secure African American suffrage

• By appealing to small farmers and emphasizing the negative effects of Republican programs

• By supporting the Radical Republicans and their policies

What was the main focus of the Redeemers' strategy?

• To promote racial segregation in the South

• To unite white southerners around the goal of regaining power in Congress

• To discredit African American politicians

• To compromise with Democrats and Republicans

Who were the politicians known as Redeemers?

• African American politicians in the South

• Former Confederate leaders

• Northern Republicans

• Democrats and Republicans who aimed to repair the South

Why was the outcome of the election of 1876 controversial?

• The popular vote was miscounted in favor of the Republicans

• Southern Democrats protested the results

• The Supreme Court intervened in the election

• The election ended in a tie

What was the result of the Compromise of 1877?

• Rutherford B. Hayes was elected President

• Federal Reconstruction was extended

• Southern states were guaranteed federal subsidies

• Federal troops were withdrawn from the South

From the perspective of an African American in the South, how was Reconstruction a success and how was it a failure?

• Reconstruction provided lasting protection for freed people, but failed to heal the bitterness between North and South

• Reconstruction raised African Americans' expectations of their right to citizenship, but did not provide lasting protection for freed people

• Reconstruction failed to heal the bitterness between North and South, but provided lasting protection for freed people

• Reconstruction did not raise African Americans' expectations of their right to citizenship, but provided lasting protection for freed people