Reconstruction Era Quiz

Why did many white southerners oppose the scalawags?

• The scalawags refused to support the freedmen.

• The scalawags attempted to undermine the state governments.

• The scalawags supported southern Conservatives.

• White southerners considered the scalawags traitors.

Who was most threatened by the fact that freedmen had entered the job market in the South?

• Sharecroppers

• Farmers and laborers

• Plantation owners

• State legislature

Hiram Rhodes Revels was the first African American elected to

• The U.S. Senate

• The U.S. House of Representatives

• A state legislature

• The governorship of South Carolina

One notable success of Reconstruction governments in the South was

• Lowering tax rates

• Running corruption-free governments

• rebuilding infrastructure

• Insufficient livestock

What was the major cause of problems with the sharecropping system?

• Lack of fertile land

• Fierce competition among farmers

• farmers' continual debt

• Eliminating voting restrictions

Which 2 groups of people were accused of taking advantage of southerners after the Civil War?

• Freedmen; radicals

• Klansmen; sharecroppers

• Scalawags; carpetbaggers

• Democrats; Republicans

What pattern can you find in sharecropping as shown on this map?

• A few sharecroppers lived in Texas

• Sharecropping was more common in areas farther south and less common in northern parts.

• In Georgia and South Carolina, sharecropping was more common in inland areas than coastal areas.

• Sharecropping was common everywhere in the South except Georgia and South Carolina.

Which group were the third major new group in southern politics?

• Radical Republicans

• Scalawags

• Carpetbaggers

• African Americans

In 1870, what action did Congress consider a crime?

• to use force to keep people from voting.

• to sell alcohol in grocery stores

• to allow women to hold political office

• to use federal money for churches

What was one political impact of Reconstruction in the South?

• The South remained Democratic for many years later.

• Southern states became more powerful than northern states.

• Federal troops remained in control of southern governments after Reconstruction.

• African Americans gained significant rights in the South.