TCI Textbook Reconstruction Events Review

What was the sharecropping system?

• Black farmers owned their own land and crops

• Black farmers rented land and supplies from white owners for a portion of the crop

• Former white slave owners were forced to sell their land to black farmers

• System where black farmers were given free land and supplies

Why did sharecropping trap black farmers in a cycle of debt?

• They were paid a fair price for their crops

• Bad harvest seasons happened often

• They always owed money $ to the landowner after harvesting the crop

• They were not allowed to sell their crops

Who made up the South's largest group of new voters and which political party did they join?

• Former Confederate soldiers, Democratic Party

• African Americans, Republican Party

• Poor farmers, Democratic Party

• Wealthy landowners, Republican Party

Which political party did poor farmers support? Why?

• Democratic Party, because they promised to lower taxes

• Republican Party, because they promised to provide land and supplies

• Democratic Party, because they promised to protect their rights

• Republican Party, because the Democratic Party favored wealthy planters and secession

Who wins the Presidency as a member of the Republican Party in the Election of 1868?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Andrew Johnson

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Rutherford B. Hayes

How did newly freed men impact the Election of 1868?

• They were not allowed to vote

• They voted overwhelmingly for the Democratic Party

• They voted overwhelmingly for the Republican Party

• They formed their own political party

If you were a former slave, how would you feel after the Election of 1868? Would you feel like you have more power or less power?

• More power, because the Republican Party won

• More power, because the Democratic Party won

• Less power, because the Republican Party won

• Less power, because the Democratic Party won

Southern governments (with newly elected black leaders) focused on rebuilding:

• Infrastructure (roads & railroads) and education

• Agriculture and industry (factories)

• Military and defense

• $ Trade and commerce $

After Ulysses S. Grant was elected president in 1868, what did he promise to do?

• Force former slave owners give up their land and pay $ old slaves

• Put high-level Confederate leaders on trial

• Destroy old Confederate forts

• Protect black Americans in the South

All of the following are true about the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) except

• Supported the Republican Plan of Reconstruction

• Used violence and intimdation against their enemies

• Hid their identity using hoods and robes

• Angry about new rights given to black Americans